Overview of Wide Format
November 21, 2024

1. Overview of Wide Format
• Wide (up to 60” wide) and Grand (up to 200” wide) format
• Types and Uses – Aqueous Inkjet, Solvent, Dye Sublimation, Latex & UV
• Roll-to-Roll • Rigid Boards
2. High Value Wide Format Applications –
Discussing the need for a mix of jobs and clients that include high profit applications in order to keep the business growing/expanding
3. Process for expansion of current wide format and where is there opportunity to grow
4. Expansion with current customer base
5. Expansion with new applications
6. Expansion with new materials (Samples available to review).
Speaker
Ben Westog, Fuji Film
Location
Blue Collar Restaurant, Bar, & Catering
949 Church St.
Landisville, PA 17538
Social Hour
5:30 pm
Dinner
6:00 pm
Cost
$25 – members
$35 – guests
$15 – students
RSVP
November 14 by noon at slcreservation@gmail.com
Social Mixer & Printing BINGO
January 23, 2025

Please join us for this year’s Susquehanna Litho Club Social Event featuring Printing Bingo! We will be gathering to network together as members and play Bingo for a cash prize. Please invite anyone who is interested in or involved in the printing industry. A drink voucher will be given to any member who invites a new member to attend the event. Anyone to sign up to become a new member will also receive one free drink voucher.
The Susquehanna Litho Club is always looking for new members and this is a perfect time to explore and see if you will be interested in joining us. We will have information and benefits on becoming a member, along with discounts on membership if you sign up at this event. More importantly, let’s all gather together to have a night of fun and games. Looking forward to seeing you there! Tell your friends, tell your students, tell a small business owner near you!
Location
ABC of Lititz
55 North Water St. Lititz, PA 17543
Social Hour
5:30 pm
Trivia Begins
6:00 pm
Bring a prospective new member and get one free drink voucher.
Cost
$25 – members
$35 – guests
$15 – students
RSVP
January 9 by noon at slcreservation@gmail.com
Student Night: PCA
February 27, 2025

PCA is the market leader in corrugated products, innovative packaging and display solutions. Explore corrugated packaging solutions that contain, protect and promote your products. The box isn’t just a box. Your corrugated packing impacts your entire operation. Productivity, warehousing space and transportation cost call all be affected by your packaging. Select custom corrugated packaging to fit every specification and budget.
PCA’s Pennsylvania facilities are an integral part of our vast North American operations of over 90 facilities. PCA’s Mid-Atlantic network of sales representatives in conjunction with our manufacturing operations provides our customers with a diverse range of packaging capabilities and services. These capabilities include flexographic printing, specialty folder gluers, flatbed and rotary die cutters, taping, corrugators, window machines, assembly and fulfillment, litho label, B,C,E,N and double wall corrugated production, preprinted liner board, E commerce packaging and displays. PCA also offers the following professional services: computer aided structural design, high speed graphic printing, inventory management, warehousing and logistics management, protective packaging, UV and specialty coatings and package testing.
**Dress is business casual. No open toe or high heel shows permitted on the tour. No cell phones or cameras allowed in the manufacturing area. Hearing protection is optional.
Tour Location
701 Stony Battery Rd.
Landisville, PA 17538
Tour Times
4:00pm with last tour starting at 5:30pm
Program & Dinner Location
Lancaster Farm & Home Center
1383 Arcadia Rd. Lancaster, PA 17601
Social Hours & Displays
4:00 – 6:30pm
Dinner
6:30 pm –this event is alcohol free
Cost
$50 – members
$60 – guests
Free – students & teachers
RSVP
February 13 by noon at slcreservation@gmail.com
Economy of Print
March 20, 2025

This presentation will cover the state of the printing industry and how to capture the extraordinary opportunities the industry is creating. Topics will include the outlook for overall business conditions, the analog-digital transition, the capital investments printers would most like to make and why, markets expected to grow fastest, what printers expect to be the next big disruptor, and the AI/big data revolution: how printers are participating, the biggest benefits, and the biggest challenges.
Onamica joined PRINTING United Alliance as an economist (September 2023). She is working with research team members to expand the Association’s economic analysis and reporting, including the State of the Industry Series, Print Business Outlook Series, and State of Decorated Apparel Series, as well as client-specific projects.
Speaker
Onamica Dhar,
Economist, PRINTING United Alliance
Location
Zoom Meeting
Meeting Time
7:00 pm
Cost
Free
RSVP
March 19 by noon at slcreservation@gmail.com
**You will be emailed a link for the meeting.
Plant Tour: H & H Group
April 24, 2025

The H&H Group has been providing printing services to the Lancaster community, the local region, and to publishers in the East Coast corridor for over 50 years. Started by Phil and Cam Heupenbecker, the business operated for the first 40 years as the local Sir Speedy franchise. In the mid 90’s, Mary Kohler took ownership and grew the business. Adding services such as fulfillment, sign making, and production support for marketing teams, Mary changed the very nature of the business to be a successful pillar in the Lancaster marketplace. Current ownership consists of Mike Williams, Nate Heisey, and Chandler Elliott. Their collective focus on growing the business and streamlining operations through work flow automation will help ensure future success of The H&H Group for many years to come.
What will visitors see on this tour? The H&H Group is housed in an eclectic building of exposed wooden beams and brick work. At one point in its history, the building was home to a burlap bag factory. We believe that business possibly supported the still operating tobacco companies or perhaps Armstong Cork which was located nearby on Liberty Street. Now, the building is divided into our all-digital, short run, commercial print departments, our sign making area, fulfillment, and workspaces for pre-production and support staff. With walls covered in signage and some level of print production in every corner, we hope that you will take away some gems of knowledge, an appreciation of manufacturing in Lancaster City, and memories of good times with your peers.
Tour Location
The H & H Group
854 N Prince St
Lancaster, PA 17603
Tour Time
5:00 with last tour starting at 5:45 pm
Dinner Location
Our Town Brewery
252 N Prince St Lancaster, PA 17603
Dinner 6:00 pm
Cost
$25 – members
$35 – guests
$15 – students
RSVP
April 10 by noon at slcreservation@gmail.com
Member Appreciation: Barnstormers
May 21, 2025

This is a great opportunity to see the Lancaster Barnstormers in action. The club has reserved the picnic area for the evening. Your admission will include a ticket to the game which starts at 6:30 p.m. and the buffet which lasts from 6-8 p.m. The Hess’s BBQ 2-hour all-you-can-eat buffet includes Ribs, Chicken BBQ, Baked Beans, Cole Slaw, Pickles, Garden Salad, Soda and Water. This is a thank you from the club for your support during the year.
If you are not a member and are wondering how you can attend, please join the club. Any club member or board member can sponsor you, just ask us at a meeting. Hope to see everyone at the ball yard!
Clipper Magazine Stadium
650 N Prince St, Lancaster
Game Time
6:30 pm
Buffet
6:00-8:00 pm
Cost
The cost for members/guest/students will be announced and includes a ticket to the game and buffet.
Note: Maximum of 4 guests per member.
RSVP
TBD at
slcreservation@gmail.com