Saddle Stitchers — A Stitch In Time

Versatility is important, Morganstern remarks. "Our customers are demanding full-format systems that can manage selective content and a wide variety of signatures, and we are applying advanced technology to address these needs."

Heidelberg's Pacesetter family of high-volume saddle stitchers grew a little bigger with the DRUPA unveiling of the 870 model, augmenting the previously established 1000. The 870 can finish products ranging from A5 to A3 in one- or two-up formats at up to 15,500 books per hour. The 1000 is aimed at 81⁄2x11˝ and A4 magazines, catalogs, periodicals or publications in one-up format.