Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: St.Joost School of Art and Design, Breda, Netherlands

About this press

Serial number: 502045
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since: 20+ years
Other presses at this studio: FAG Control 839, FAG Control 405

About ‹St.Joost School of Art and Design›

The printroom at St.Joost School of Art and Design is equiped with 3 FAG proof presses, a FAG offset press, etching presses, riso printers and silkscreen facilities. An elaborate type collection is available to the students as well.

webpage: www.stjoost.nl

Model: FAG Control 525-MRS

Studio: Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule, Druckwerkstatt, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

Christian Zickler on the FAG Control 525-MRS: ‹Introductory courses for students in letterpress printing are held at the machine twice a year, with a focus on cliches (Nyloprint polymer plates) and woodblock printing.›

About this press

Serial number: 0308071
Standard equipment: LAR, ME, MR, MVA
Optional equipment: AR, BRO, LAR
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since: 1991
Other presses at this studio: none

About ‹Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule, Druckwerkstatt›

Print shop for our students and faculty.

The following techniques and equipment are available:

-silkscreen
-relief print/woodcut
-flat printing/lithography
-intaglio/etching

-Digital printing/inkjet large format 24" and 44" (LFP), color laser up to SRA3 and banner format printing
-Laser cutting
-3D-printing/stereolithography

webpage: staedelschule.de/de/study/facilities/druckwerkstatt

Model: FAG Control 525-MRS

Studio: cascioeditore, Lugano, Switzerland

About this press

Serial number: 03.05.065
Standard equipment: LAR, ME, MR, MVA
Optional equipment: AR
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since: 2006
Other presses at this studio: none

About ‹cascioeditore›

www.cascioeditore.ch

webpage: www.cascioeditore.ch

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: Druckwerkstatt, Lenzburg, Switzerland

About this press

Serial number: 03.07.012
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since:
Other presses at this studio: FAG Control 405

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: edition carpe plumbum, Leipzig, Germany

Thomas Siemon on the FAG Control 525: ‹I use this press regularly for small editions of wood and linocuts. Especially with woodcuts the adjustable bed is helpful.
I had quite some trouble with the electrics of this machine the old relais seem to be the problem. After cleaning them it works fine.›

About this press

Serial number: 0305003
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Optional equipment: AR, BRO, MR, SAM
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since: 1999
Other presses at this studio: FAG Control 839, FAG Standard TP 510

About ‹edition carpe plumbum›

Carpe Plumbum is a workshop for letterpress and relief printing, located in the “Spinnerei” in Leipzig – a former Cotton factory
that now hosts artists, designers and galleries.

In the workshop hundreds of typecases and several presses (from 3 FAG proof presses to the 70x100cm “Präsident” Cylinder press) offer varied possibilities for printwork.

I work together with artists and designers, printing cards and small editions, as well as larger editions such as posters and books; for example all the original graphic LUBOK books are printed here. See www.lubok.de for more.

webpage: www.carpe-plumbum.de

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Pickstone Edwin on the FAG Control 525: ‹The press is part of the Caseroom Letterpress Facility used primarily by students of the Communication Design Department but is available for use by any student at The Glasgow School of Art. This press is the most used in our collection, primarily to print wood and metal type but also laser-cut materials, photopolymer, 3d printed objects, lino and woodcuts, collographs and anything else that can be made up to type height!›

About this press

Serial number: 03.06.056
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Optional equipment: DAS
Built/delivered in: 1975
Originally delivered to: Glasgow School of Art
With actual holder since: 1975
Other presses at this studio: none

About ‹Glasgow School of Art›

The Caseroom houses the school's large collection of wood and metal types, Columbian Press, Western proofing press, 13 x 18 Heidelberg platen, Risograph and a variety of binding and finishing equipment.

webpage: www.gsa.ac.uk/

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: Grafička radionica ABAco, Nova Gradiska, Croatia

Kristijan Abramovic on the FAG Control 525: ‹The press is located in Nova Gradiska, Croatia, at our printing shop named ABAco. We imported it from Osterreich in 1993 and use it since then.›

About this press

Serial number: 03.06.061
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Optional equipment: BRO, MR, MVA, SAM
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since: 1993
Other presses at this studio: none

About ‹Grafička radionica ABAco›

Although we are digital printing shop equipped with modern printing, cutting and other finishing equipment, my father is oldschool graphic designer/printer and loves to use old machines that he started bussines with, so occasionally we use FAG Form for printing & proofing artistic posters or other exclusive printing materials and sometimes also for creasing.

webpage: www.abaco.hr

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: Hand & Eye Letterpress, London, United Kingdom

Phil Abel on the FAG Control 525: ‹The press is used on a near-daily basis, for taking proofs of hand set material for scanning and emailing to customers, taking galley proofs of machine set material from the Composition caster, proofing and correcting interns' setting, and large jobs, or short runs that would otherwise need to be done on the Heidelberg SB cylinder press. Phil started using the FAG in 1992, when Hand & Eye was on the premises of Barnard & Westwood, but bought it outright from them in 2007.›

About this press

Serial number: 05.03.037
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Optional equipment: SSL
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: Barnard & Westwood Ltd, London N1
With actual holder since: 1992
Other presses at this studio: none

About ‹Hand & Eye Letterpress›

One of the very few remaining jobbing letterpress printers in the UK, Hand & Eye was started by Phil Abel in 1985, equipped with an Adana 8x5, an Arab treadle platen, a passion for good printing and a pile of typographic journals. The presses are long gone, but the passion remains, and he hopes that we continue, in a small way, the legacy of great twentieth century printers like the Curwen Press. As well as providing a high quality service for our customers, we also print and publish our own fine book editions, and occasionally make our own posters and ephemera. For estimates, sales & enquiries, email phil@handandeye.co.uk.

webpage: www.handandeye.co.uk

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: Le Solitaire, Alizay, France

About this press

Serial number: 03.06.024
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Built/delivered in:
Originally delivered to: Jacques Soumagne SA, Chambray
With actual holder since: 2005
Other presses at this studio: none

Model: FAG Control 525-MRS

Studio: Martin Thönen, Atelier TypoPresse + Holzschnittatelier, Bern + Schmitten, Switzerland

Martin Thönen on the FAG Control 525-MRS: ‹The Control 525-MRS is situatet at my studio in Schmitten, Canton Fribourg, Switzerland.

I use my presses to print wood cuts, wood cut calendars, wood cut cards, artists books, artists portfolios, wood cut catalogs, invitationcards and posters for exhibitions.›

About this press

Serial number: 05.03.063
Standard equipment: LAR, ME, MR, MVA
Optional equipment: BRO, LAR, SAM
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: Klischeeanstalt Busag, Niederwangen
With actual holder since: 1986
Other presses at this studio: FAG Control 835, FAG Swiss Proof 52

About ‹Martin Thönen, Atelier TypoPresse + Holzschnittatelier›

Martin Thönen is a skilled typesetter. He did his education at «Schule für Gestaltung» in Bern, Vevey, Geneva and Essen.
He graduated at «Technikerschule für die Druckindustrie» in Bern.
Since 1965 he is working with woodcuts on his own printing presses.

webpage: www.martinthoenen.ch

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: Matijevic Blister, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia

Dusan Matijevic on the FAG Control 525: ‹This press is used for cutting plastic sheets. We bought it in June 2013 from our friend. Before us, he used it for graphic printing.›

About this press

Serial number: 03.07.005
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Optional equipment: MR, MVA, SSL
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since: 2013
Other presses at this studio: none

About ‹Matijevic Blister›

We make plastic packaging of all kind, for example food.

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: Miriam Grech-Cumbo, Johannesburg, South Africa

About this press

Serial number: not known
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Optional equipment: BRO, MR, MVA, SAM
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since:
Other presses at this studio: none

Model: FAG Control 525-MRS

Studio: Museum für Druckkunst, Leipzig, Germany

About this press

Serial number: not known
Standard equipment: LAR, ME, MR, MVA
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since:
Other presses at this studio: FAG Standard TP 510, FAG Control 405

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: OFFICINA HELVETICA, Biel, Switzerland

About this press

Serial number: 16855
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since: 2016
Other presses at this studio: FAG Control 900, FAG Control 405, FAG Swiss Proof 40

About ‹OFFICINA HELVETICA›

Verein mit dem Ziel die Handwerke des Buchdrucks und der Lithografie lebendig zu erhalten, auszuüben und weiterzugeben.

webpage: www.officina-helvetica.ch

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: R.B. Typolab (BfGZ/ZHdK), Zürich, Switzerland

R. Barmettler on the FAG Control 525: ‹We bought this press in the year 2000 from FAG Lausanne for 464.40 CHF. We originally used to run this press as a semi-automatic press, but since the fusion of the workshops we modified it to be hand-cranked for use by our undergraduate students.
After undertaking serious and systematic concept and design development work, we use this press for poster jobs up to the size of 50x70cm. We also use it for invitation cards and artistic experiments.›

About this press

Serial number: 16842 MI
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Optional equipment: BRO
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: not known
With actual holder since: 2000
Other presses at this studio: FAG Control 405, FAG Swiss Proof 40

About ‹R.B. Typolab (BfGZ/ZHdK)›

R.B. Typolab (BfGZ/ZHdK) is a university workshop based in Zürich. It arose from a fusion of two workshops (Werkstätte f. Typographie und Buchdruck BfGZ / Typowerkstatt HGKZ, today ZHdK) in the year 2000.
Rudolf Barmettler uses this workshop as an introduction to typography for first year students of the Visual Communication Department (ZHdK) as well as for interdisciplinary typographic induction weeks of the Department of Design (ZHdK). Additionally he has been been teaching an evening workshop (40 evenings a year) for over 10 years now. BfGZ teacher René Wäger and Gilde Gutenberg teach Polygraf aprentices in the second year. In the workshop there are about 650 cases of lead type, wood type, bakelite type and magnesium type. Besides the 3 FAG proofpresses there there are other pieces of equipment that include a Vandercook Uni IV (Serial 21477), a Heidelberg Platen press, a Giez platen press, some waxing machines, a FAG heavy duty saw trimmer and some more...
Rudolf Barmettler's students mostly produce business cards, invitation cards, flyers, cd-covers, book-covers, posters and poster series, calendars, poetry books, magazines, proofs and lots of printing experiments.

webpage: www.typetypo.ch

Model: FAG Control 525

Studio: Tehniški Muzej Slovenije, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Martina Orehovec on the FAG Control 525: ‹This is our FAG printing press from the collection of the printing department in Technical museum of Slovenia in Ljubljana.›

About this press

Serial number: not known
Standard equipment: LAR, ME
Optional equipment: BRO, MR, MVA, SAM
Built/delivered in: not known
Originally delivered to: Delo Printing Company, Ljubljana
With actual holder since: 1999
Other presses at this studio: none