The Bindery—No Longer the Bottleneck of the Printers’ Workflow

The last major study of bindery trends and purchases was conducted by NPES in 1996 through Dr. Joe Webb’s consulting firm, Strategies for Management. According to the study, “Overall, commercial printers aren’t buying much when it comes to binding and finishing equipment. Even the number one planned purchase among these shops—a stand-alone folder—garners only 11% of responses. One of the reasons, of course, is that these plants already have much of this equipment.”