How Does Your Bindery Grow?

"With time being constricted and condensed, an efficient, automated bindery is a must for all printers," he says. "With all the bells and whistles of prepress and press, you can't have a bindery hold you up."

To keep up with the speed and efficiency of its prepress and pressroom areas, Phoenix Communications has invested in back-end automation with equipment that includes: Consolidated and Muller Martini saddle stitchers; a Muller Martini perfect binder; a Wire-O binder; an assortment of six MBO and Baum folders; and (the most recent installation) a new Polar cutting system—which Rosenthal says has already shown major improvements in speed (a 200 to 300 percent increase, he enthuses) over traditional guillotine cutters. Plus, there's a new Stahl saddle stitcher and three Stahl folders en route, which will replace some of the older equipment.