What Is Graphic Equipment Southwest and What Does It Offer?

Graphic Equipment Southwest (GESW) is a U.S. dealer of late-model, pre-owned graphic equipment for the commercial printing and packaging industry. According to the company's site, it has served that market since 1974 and now sells reconditioned presses, bindery and finishing machinery, and digital equipment nationwide. It is a good fit if you are sourcing used offset presses or post-press machines and want a dealer with a long regional history; it is not a manufacturer or a source for brand-new equipment.

What the company is

GESW was incorporated in 1974 and began by acquiring and reconditioning press models for the Dallas-area market. In the late 1970s it introduced the KOMORI half-web to North America and built a nationwide dealer network for sales and service. In the early 1980s it became a regional dealer for the KOMORI sheetfed line, continuing into the early 2000s. Today, per its own history, it has returned to its roots: supplying late-model, high-quality, pre-owned equipment from major manufacturers to commercial printing and packaging operations across the U.S.

What it offers

The inventory is organized around equipment categories and press formats rather than a single brand:

• Offset presses — including HEIDELBERG, KOMORI, and KBA models
• Post press & finishing — bindery and finishing machinery, including a new SPM STEUER hot foil unit
• Diecutting — BOBST equipment
• Digital equipment — listed as a separate category

Listings are grouped by format, such as 26–29" and 40–41" presses.

Example machines currently listed

The site's featured and catalog listings include:

How to engage

The site provides a phone number (972-754-0731) and an email contact, and it invites visitors to book an appointment — useful if you want to inspect a specific machine before deciding. It also states that the company is looking to buy Komori and Heidelberg presses and bindery/finishing machinery, so it works in both directions: as a seller to printers and as a buyer of used equipment.

What to check before you commit

• Condition and reconditioning scope — the site describes its business as acquisition and reconditioning, so ask what was actually done to a specific unit.
• Service and support — GESW's history includes building a sales and service network; confirm what service coverage applies to the machine you are considering.
• Inspection — use the appointment option to see the machine running or at least powered, rather than relying on the listing alone.
• Price and terms — the site does not publish pricing, so cost, payment, and shipping terms need to be confirmed directly.