BINDERY matters

Big Bucks Spent on Finishing Upgrades

ST. LOUIS—Von Hoffmann Corp., a subsidiary of Visant Corp., announced a $5 million investment in bindery equipment for its Jefferson City, MO, facility.

This capital project includes the addition of a high-speed Muller Martini Corona soft-cover perfect binding line; integration of Smyth sewing into a bindery line that will now be capable of providing both Smyth sewn and notch VonBind binding options for both case-bound or soft-cover formats; deployment of a Kugler-Womako spiral binder for textbook teacher's editions in both wire and plastic formats; and the expansion to 60 pockets on an existing bindery line.