Virginia Tech Printing Services wasn’t happy with the quality of the books coming off of its old saddle stitcher. Here’s how the in-plant turned things around.

By Bob Neubauer

The in-plant purchased the saddle stitcher from Consolidated Marketing, of Richmond, trading in its old stitcher for $20,000. Tyree says the installation in July 2006 went well—with one little complication: Consolidated somehow forgot to mention that the machine would require a compressor. He had to quickly get one. And because the stitcher would be installed in the middle of the room, he had to buy a special compressor that was not as loud, at additional cost.

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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.

Stitcher Upgrade Boosts Quality of Books