Stitching, folding, binding, inserting equipment were big draws at GRAPH EXPO

By Erik Cagle

For the 491 exhibitors at Graph Expo 2011, this was a very good show. Attendance was up 7 percent over last year's event. The Graphic Arts Show Company reported a total of 20,451 participants (exhibitors and attendees), 66 percent of which (13,426 ) were verified attendees/buyers.

The bindery equipment at the show offered in-plants some great opportunities to expand their services and increase their efficiency. Spiel noted that Spiel Associates enjoyed tremendous feedback with its Rilecart B-599 double-loop wire binder, which produces "more wire at a greater rate than any other machine in the world, including the million-dollar wire binds," Spiel contended. "They take up to half a day to change over; the B-599 takes 40 minutes."