BINDERY matters

American Press in Gordonsville, VA, has had several crews qualify for the Pacesetter Club in past years with its Pacesetter 1000 stitcher. This year, crews on all three shifts did the same with a new Pacesetter 2200 system, averaging as high as 20,875 books per hour.

Quad/Graphics has had more than a dozen crews from various facilities qualify in 2009, including a crew at its Saratoga, NY, facility that finished 289,400 books in a 12-hour shift with a Pacesetter 2500 stitcher.