HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions North America, a new and fast-growing printing equipment supplier, today announced its lineup of exclusive sales and service dealers serving the Eastern United States.
The printing equipment dealers are responsible for sales, quick-dispatch technical service, parts and all customer support in their regions on behalf of Ferrostaal and Ryobi. The dealers are expert in offset and digital printing—and provide a full range of pre-press, press, bindery, finishing and mailing hardware, software and supplies. Customers include commercial printers, in-plant printers and marketing services companies.
Ferrostaal executives said the new dealers are established leaders for printing equipment sales and service in their territories, and rank among top peers in North America and worldwide. Each has decades of success helping customers improve and grow their businesses with highly automated, state-of-the-art print production and distribution technologies.
The new dealers and their customers are supported by Ferrostaal and Ryobi teams in the U.S., Canada, Japan and across the world. The newly named dealers are:
A.L. Larsen Co., Inc., Wilmington, MA
A.L. Larsen Co. represents Ferrostaal and Ryobi in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The company has been in business since 1919. President is Richard Larsen. Contact is 978-642-2000, sales@allarsen.com or visit www.allarsen.com.
American Reprographics, Nashville
American Reprographics represents Ferrostaal and Ryobi in Tennessee. The company has been a graphics equipment dealer in Tennessee for 34 years, much of it selling and servicing Ryobi presses. President is Larry Vastano. For information, contact 615-244-1293 or email americanrepro213@bellsouth.net.
Atlantic Graphic Systems, Inc., Columbia, MD
Atlantic Graphic Systems represents Ferrostaal and Ryobi in Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C. and metropolitan Philadelphia. The company has sold and serviced printing equipment since 1976. It is owned by Wayne and Jeff Tomlinson. For more information, contact 410-290-8200, email jtomlinson@agspress.com or visit www.agspress.com.
G.E. Richards Graphic Supplies, Inc., Landisville, PA
G.E. Richards represents Ferrostaal and Ryobi in Pennsylvania (except metro Philadelphia) and West Virginia. The company has been a Ryobi dealer for more than 30 years, was founded in 1972, and has 10 U.S. locations. G.E. Richards is owned by Larry Wagner. For more information, contact Jim Lundy at 717-898-3151, email jlundy@gerichards.com or visit www.gerichards.com.
Graphic Associates, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Graphic Associates represents Ferrostaal and Ryobi in Ohio and Lower Michigan. The company was founded in 1968. Sales contacts are Rick Patterson and Greg Patterson in Cleveland and Greg Cozart in Cincinnati. For more information, call 800-678-1787, email rick@graphicassociates.com or visit www.graphicassociates.com.
Independent Graphic Service, Montgomery, AL
Independent Graphic Service represents Ferrostaal and Ryobi in Alabama, Mississippi and western Florida. The company has been a Ryobi sales and service dealer since 1998, and has more than 75 years of experience serving printers. President is Dennis Spaeth. For more information, contact 334-396-4156, email dls@independentgraphicservice.com or visit www.independentgraphicservice.com.
Paper Handling Solutions, Inc., Marietta, GA
Paper Handling Solutions, Inc., represents Ferrostaal and Ryobi in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. PHS provides sales and technical support from locations in Marietta, Charlotte and Columbia, and has served the region since 1992. Sales manager is Don Barbour. For information, contact 770-955-3770, email dbarbour@paperhandlingsolutions.com or visit www.paperhandlingsolutions.com.
United Graphic Systems, Inc., Englewood, NJ
United Graphic Systems, Inc., represents metro New York City, southern New York State and the states of New Jersey and Connecticut from its facility immediately adjacent to Manhattan. UGS is owned by Ivo Heller and Rob Friedman. For more information, contact 201-871-0170, sales@unitedgraphicsystems.com or visit www.unitedgraphicsystems.com.
Other regions served directly by Ferrostaal
Ferrostaal currently handles sales, technical service and parts for Ryobi in upstate New York, Kentucky, all of Florida except western Florida, and Puerto Rico.
About Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions North America
Ferrostaal helps commercial and in-plant printers in the U.S. and Canada make their businesses stronger, more innovative and more sustainable. The company provides printers of all sizes with equipment, custom financing, quick-dispatch service and overnight parts availability through a large network of local and regional graphics equipment dealers.
Ferrostaal tailors its offer to each printer’s specific business needs. With more than a half-century of experience working with printers worldwide, Ferrostaal is independent, entrepreneurial and expert in the business of print, publishing and packaging. Ferrostaal markets and distributes the RYOBI 1050, 920, 750/780, 520, 3304 and 3302 series presses. Technical service and parts are available for these presses as well as legacy Ryobi presses. For more information, visit ferrostaal.us, email usasales@ferrostaal.com, or call 281-741-6700.
About Ryobi
Ryobi Ltd., Tokyo, is a diversified manufacturer and leading OEM with operations on three continents and sales in more than 170 countries. Ryobi is a major supplier of precision die-casting products for the world’s top automakers. It is also a leading manufacturer and innovator serving the printing, telecommunications, electronics and construction industries.
Ryobi is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of advanced sheetfed offset printing presses, hardware, software and related peripherals. Its high-speed, fully automated, 2- to 8-up multicolor presses are respected for their unsurpassed print quality, low total cost of ownership, operating ease and efficiency, environmental responsibility and high reliability.