Countless binding and finishing technology providers were candid in their positive assessments of how the scene went down in McCormick Place South. It wasn’t all cartwheels and champagne popping, but this year’s Graph Expo did exceed the expectations of many.
Printing Impressions' Bindery and Finishing Commercial Printing News for 2008
ARCDALE, NC—October 27, 2008—Jason Duncan has joined Vecoplan, LLC as a Project Engineer. Duncan, formerly a Manufacturing Engineer for a leading manufacturer of workstations, computer enclosures and furniture used in laboratories, brings 10 years of engineering experience to his new position at Vecoplan.
CHICAGO—October 22, 2008—For many U.S. print professionals, post-press and fulfillment remain the biggest untapped frontiers of new productivity, efficiency and profitability.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY—10/16/08—The STERLING® DIGIPUNCH® is a new, economical high speed punch designed for on demand and commercial printers. It will make it’s premiere at Graph Expo 08. The machine features a variable pile lift, which allows for punching up to 60,000 sheets per hour! That's a big pile of paper for a machine with a very small footprint and a half million sheets per shift. A touch screen offers complete automatic set up and automatic changeovers. Punch sheets from 5.5 X 5.5 inches to 13 X 13 inches for Comb, Coil and Double Loop Wire—or any hole pattern.
PLAINFIELD, IN—October 2008—Pallets from Jeco Plastic Products—designer and manufacturer of plastic pallets and containers for the worldwide printing and automotive industries since 1973—are featured on several stands at Graph Expo 2008. The company is furnishing pallets to a variety of exhibitors, and Jeco Plastic Products pallets may be seen in the exhibit areas of Autobond (booth 104), Brausse (booth 2224), Heidelberg (booth 1200), Sakurai (booth 3037), and Standard Finishing Systems (booth 2246). Pallets from Jeco Plastic Products are rotationally molded of linear low density polyethylene to provide both impact resistance and rigidity, and are available in a wide range of colors.
SEWICKLEY, PA— October 9, 2008—The Binding Industries Association (BIA), the preeminent organization for the binding industry, is proud to announce its 2009 Product of Excellence (POE) Awards sponsors.
Printing Impressions' Bindery News for Commercial Printing Industry for October 2008
SEWICKLEY, PA— September 30, 2008—The Binding Industries Association (BIA), the preeminent organization for the binding and loose-leaf manufacturing industry, announced today its 2009 Product of Excellence Awards (POE) Call for Entries. From around the world, companies submit their best work to be judged against that of their peers.
TSK Names HBSI as U.S. Distributor PLAINFIELD, IN—TSK (Tokyo Shuppan Machinery) and TSK America announce the appointment of Hines Bindery Systems (HBSI), based here, as the exclusive U.S. and Canadian distributor of TSK’s line of perfect binders, gathering machines, tipping systems and three-knife trimmers. The firm’s “flagship” adhesive binders are the TMA-18, TMA-21 and TMA-24, rated at up to 10,000 books per hour. TSK also provides proprietary sensors, monitors and quality-control devices for its gatherers and binders, and for retrofitting to existing systems. According to TSK officials, HBSI was selected as the company’s exclusive distributor in the United States and Canada due to its
