Bindery - Finishing

Quick Payback Christian Broadcast Network, in Virginia Beach, Va., installed the Rollem TR Die-Score system last summer, and according to Maurice Russell, manager of laser operations, it has already paid for itself. “Management is very happy with the increased production, and the creative department loves the added design possibilities,” he says. CBN purchased the 42˝ Double Head TR featuring the strike perforation feature. This lets the user program the placement of multiple perforations on a single sheet. This is ideal for L-perf reply cards for brochures, direct mailers, postcards and other projects. . Photo: At Graph Expo last fall, Allen Hammer (left),

YOU MIGHT be running the latest high-speed digital printers, but if your bindery equipment hasn’t been new since the Reagan era, you’ve lost the fast turnaround advantage you were counting on. Not only that, the quality of your cuts, folds and binds is probably not as good as it could be. Just ask Joe Morin, Production Printing manager at Colorado Springs School District 11. His in-plant just replaced its 26-year-old collator with a new Standard Horizon SPF-200A stitcher/folder and an FC200A trimmer. “The benefits over the previous solution are significant: improved workflow, increased efficiencies through reduced labor and setup waste, and a

IPG Bindery Specifications Guide includes charts detailing the main features of various bindery and finishing equipment.

MBO’s recent open house was a mini trade show featuring printing and inline binding equipment from 20 vendors. Here’s a look at the highlights.

To celebrate its 60th anniversary, GBC, an ACCO Brands company, has produced a special report that traces the evolution of the finishing marketplace. It includes a timeline of “firsts” delivered by GBC, and details strategic acquisitions that expanded finishing solutions. The report covers the founding of General Binding Corp. by William Lane and partners in 1947, with one office and one sales rep, its various acquisitions, including that of VeloBind, which made GBC the only manufacturer to offer every available binding style, and its 2005 merger with ACCO to become ACCO Brands Corp. For a copy of “Document Finishing Evolution: 60 years in

New Bindery System Boosts Throughput for School District Since 1981, Colorado Springs School District 11’s Production Printing Department had been using a 14-bin Bourg collator to create basic note pads, carbonless forms and other items that didn’t require folding or stitching. “It became increasingly difficult to find repair parts for our 26-year-old collator,” explains Joe Morin, manager, Production Printing. “And, as our customer requirements change, we are seeing more requests for full-color booklets, programs and marketing pieces, making the need for a more sophisticated inline finishing system apparent.” So last summer the in-plant purchased a Standard Horizon SPF-200A stitcher/folder with three VAC-100 10-bin towers and

WHILE HARDWARE and software manufacturers have yet to devise a tonic that can cure the hung-over stitcher operator, many aspects of postpress efficiency have been adequately addressed...depending upon whom you ask. Some feel we have made leaps and bounds en route to shortening the after-press process; others believe we’re still being short changed. We’ve asked a group of industry experts their opinion on the progress made in automating postpress processes. Most agree that some areas have been bolstered, but they don’t agree on which areas. “I’d say binding, folding and stitching equipment have drastically improved to the point where we have eliminated a

HAUPPAUGE, NY—12/20/07—There is perhaps nothing more heartwarming than the smile on a child’s face after receiving a new toy for the holidays. Yet, for the more than 13 million U.S. children living in poverty, making the holiday season a happy one may require help from others. For the fourth straight year, Muller Martini Corp. of Hauppauge, Long Island teamed with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves to help make the holidays special for disadvantaged local children by gathering toys for donation. The effort was part of the annual Marine “Toys for Tots” Program, which through the gift of a shiny new toy provides happiness and

For years, MBO America has hosted an open house at its Westampton, N.J., facility. Recently, though, the company turned this event into a mini trade show by inviting more than 20 leading providers of digital printing, on-demand finishing, mailing and gluing solutions to show their wares as well. “We’re not Graph Expo, but we’re not just an open house any more,” observed Sharon McKenney, MBO marketing manager. Called “Innovation Days,” the three-day show hosted approximately 300 visitors from all over the country. Equipment focused on real-world transactional printing and finishing applications, personalization, on-demand book/brochure production and sophisticated mailing solutions. In several instances, exhibitors partnered to showcase

When Goss International Americas installed its SP-2500 saddle stitcher at a Banta facility in Minnesota, it crossed the line, according to Muller Martini. The technology used in that stitcher belongs to Muller Martini, the company contends. So Muller Martini filed a patent suit against both Goss International and Goss International Americas in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in Minneapolis. It is seeking damages and injunctive relief to halt further infringement of its technology. Muller Martini, along with its sister company, Muller Martini Mailroom Systems, also filed a second suit against the Goss companies in the U.S. District Court for the District