Courier Adds Short-Run Hardcover Capabilities with Diamant MC Digital Bookline from Muller Martini

HAUPPAUGE, NY—June 6, 2012—For the past three years, Courier Corp. has been producing digitally printed softcover books at its plant in North Chelmsford, MA. At drupa, the printer decided in favor of a new Diamant MC Digital bookline from Muller Martini and can now produce hardcover books in short print runs.

“Our digital printing business continues to grow,” says Joseph L. Brennan, vice president of engineering at Courier. “The new Diamant MC Digital will enable us to offer our customers digitally printed hardcover books.”

In North Chelmsford, the company prints only digital products under the brand name Courier Digital Solutions (CDS) which predominately manufactures textbooks for schools and universities, as well as specialty trade books. In addition to the Diamant MC Digital, CDS also utilizes Muller’s SigmaBinder/Tower/Trimmer, an Acoro A7 perfect binder and three SigmaFolder/Collators with SigmaControl.

Founded in 1824, Courier Corp. has had a Diamant bookline in operation for six years at a different site and had purchased a second machine a month ago, making this Diamant its third.

“Courier and Muller Martini not only have a strong long-term partnership, we also have the same goals when it comes to production processes,” says Brennan, explaining the reasons behind this most recent investment. “In addition, the Diamant enables us to offer our customers high-quality hardcover books equivalent in every way to books produced in our offset plants.”

About Muller Martini
Muller Martini is the world’s largest producer of print finishing solutions for commercial and book printers, trade binderies, newspapers, and digital book manufacturers. They are also the world’s leading manufacturer of variable size web offset presses. Muller’s innovative workflow solutions optimize processing efficiencies, while helping to build new revenue streams. With U.S. headquarters in Hauppauge, NY, Muller’s sales and support team provides training and responsive service to printers and binderies nationwide.

Source: Muller Martini.