Muller Martini

Binding and finishing news from Printing Impressions’ February 2011 edition, featuring items on Muller Martini at Hunkeler Innovationdays and Zoo Printing in Commerce, CA.

MARCELINE, MO—Yearbook printing and production specialist Walsworth Publishing has invested nearly $3 million in printing equipment for its facility here, a move that the company expects will provide new jobs and enable it to offer a broader range of products. Highlighting the acquisitions: an eight-color Baker Perkins G14 heatset web press, along with a 10-pocket Muller Martini 235 saddlestitcher.

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Binding and finishing news from Printing Impressions’ March 2011 edition, featuring items on Odcombe Press, Cal Poly, Ocean State Bindery, C&C Trade Bindery and Binding 
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NEWPORT NEWS, VA—Muller Martini has informed 160 employees of its two Oyster Point production plants that they will close by the end of January 2012, the Newport News Daily Press reported. Muller attributed the move to a sharp decline in business, the newspaper said.

After nearly four decades in Newport News, Muller Martini Manufacturing Corp. is calling it quits. The manufacturer of book binding machinery and other equipment used by publishing companies said Friday that it will close its two Oyster Point production plants by the end of January 2012, resulting in about 160 job losses. The job cuts will come in three phases beginning in July.

Muller attributed the closure to a sharp decline in business that began during the recession and never fully recovered.

"Unfortunately, the worldwide demand for print finishing equipment has not rebounded," the company said

As printers become more specialized, it makes the in-/near-/off-line decision making process clearer. Turnover times and run lengths continue to shorten, but the need for quality hasn't been compromised, prompting many printers to take their finishing functions off-line.

High-speed inkjet presses are changing the book manufacturing game. That's the message we heard loud and clear at Offset Paperback Manufacturers’ (OPM) open house this past November in Laflin, PA.

OPM, an Arvato US Bertelsmann Co., has been cranking out books on its monochrome Kodak Prosper 1000 since July 2010. On the color side, the latest addition is a Kodak Prosper 5000XL. Muller Martini’s Sigmaline provides comprehensive inline finishing, ensuring that OPM can start with a PDF and end with a finished book in one seamless operation.

OPM’s publishing services are extensive—it can handle everything from digital photography to distribution/fulfillment. It produces

Since July, Offset Paperback Manufacturers’ Prosper 1000 digital inkjet web press reportedly has been producing books for sale without a single reject. Now, its Prosper 5000XL is set to produce offset-quality, color books for the next book season.

Binding and finishing news from Printing Impressions’ November 2010 edition, featuring items on Fisher Printing, MSP, SGP Partnership and Winkler + Dünnebier