Bindery - Finishing

Lincolnshire, IL, February, 2008 – GBC, a market leader, will showcase both near-line and off-line binding solutions and shredders at On Demand 2008. The equipment on display in GBC booth # 1467 is designed to fit every on-demand user’s finishing and document protection needs. Near-line finishing equipment, set next to the print engine, allows for high-speed, high volume, and streamlined document production. GBC offers include the labor saving GBC Quantum“ P70iX, a digital production punch with punching capabilities up to 60,000 sheets per hour. It is available with 14 different punch patterns. The AP-2 Ultra, an automatic punch, accommodates various paper stocks and

PALMETTO, FL—February 14, 2007—Gämmerler AG, a leading supplier of postpress equipment and systems for the printing industry has been acquired by Bielenberg Beteiligungs GmbH.  Under the new ownership, Gerhard Winklhofer will become the new Chairman of Gämmerler AG’s Supervisory Board and Dr. Kai Bielenberg, will be appointed as a member of Gämmerler’s Board of Directors. Dr. Robert Moll will remain in his current position as CEO of Gämmerler AG. Company founder, Hagen Gämmerler, who retains a minority of the company’s shares, will assist the Board of Directors as Chairman of the Advisory Council. Gunter Gämmerler will continue to manage the company’s US subsidiary as

MBO America has became the exclusive and proprietary distributor of Herzog + Heymann (H+H) pharmaceutical and miniature folding products. This includes the H&H KL112 specialty folder, ideal for small folded and glued information material, pharmaceutical instructions, perforated lottery products and extremely thin papers. Its radial folding roller adjustment keeps the paper in constant contact with the rollers, maintaining paper position integrity.

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

KENNESAW, GA—February 1, 2008—As part of its ongoing commitment to print industry education, Heidelberg’s Print Media Academy will host operator training classes on basic and advanced folding techniques this month at Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park, Minn. The training classes, which are open to the public, will be conducted on an automated Heidelberg Stahlfolder TH 66 folder, and will assist operators of small and mid-size businesses in building their knowledge and skills on some of the industry’s most advanced folding equipment. “Well-trained operators are a critical component to the success of every print shop,” said Dan Maurer, director of postpress product management

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

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