Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania-based Foster—a manufacturer of cutters and trimmers for wide-format sign making and display graphics production, as well as a complete line of lifters for handling the large media rolls used in grand- and large-format printing— announces a partnership with Atlanta-based CET Color, a manufacturer of wide-format UV flatbed and hybrid printers and flatbed cutters.

Under the agreement, Foster On-a-Roll lifters, a Foster Keencut SteelTraK vertical cutter, and a bench-mounted Foster Keencut Evolution-E2 cutter will be available for demonstration in the CET Color showroom in Atlanta. CET Color customers, when considering or purchasing a CET printer, can determine the precise media lifter and cutting tools that will maximize the efficiency of their printer.

“Media rolls, particularly those carrying fabric and film, are getting bigger and heavier as mills and printers look to minimize shipping costs and inventory. These larger rolls can be dangerous for operators and warehouse personnel to handle,” says Foster CEO Ted Borowsky. “Foster On-a-Roll lifters enable a single wide-format press operator to safely manipulate media rolls in shops with limited floor space and to single-handedly position fresh rolls for quick and easy mounting in the printer.”

Adds Javier Mahmoud, CET Color vice president of sales and marketing, “CET Color is pleased to partner with Foster products, which enhance the operation of our printers. We are particularly excited about the Foster lifter product line, which simplifies roll handling on our hybrid printers and enables a single operator to quickly and efficiently load and change media rolls. Several CET Color dealers are also Foster dealers, making a complete print production package easy to implement.”