Quad/Graphics — Finishing First

According to Frank Arndorfer, Quad/Graphics' vice president of finishing operations, adding the third Ferag unit bolsters the company in a number of ways. The Ferags are the workhorses on the shop floor.

"We lean toward Ferag because we have an application for production that requires more of a Gatlin gun approach—high volume and relative ease of use," Arndorfer says. "The real beauty and strength are their speed, the ability to produce a specific profile or product. It allows us to take relatively simple, high-volume work off of our conventional saddle stitchers and free those machines up for the kind of work they're designed to produce: custom, highly selective, variable page count and inside-outside personalization."