Muller Martini

NEWBURYPORT, MA—More than 100 guests, including the town’s mayor and dignitaries from a number of manufacturers, publishers and printers, recently converged on Bradford & Bigelow for the dedication of its new corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility. The educational textbook printer began moving into its new 100,000-square-foot facility last January. The plant, which became fully operational by July, has more than doubled capacity. The pride and joy of the new facility is arguably Bradford & Bigelow’s impressive Digital Book Factory, along with its Timsons web presses equipped with UV capabilities. John Galligan, president of Bradford & Bigelow, says the company converted $10 million worth of Timsons

Sixth KBA Installed At Imagine! Print SHAKOPEE, MN—A new six-color, 41˝ KBA Rapida 105 Universal perfector with UV capability is now up and running in the 400,000-square-foot facility of Imagine! Print Solutions. The new Rapida—which is equipped with full automation packages, including auto plate loaders, auto washup and a scanning spectrophotometer—is the sixth KBA press installed by Imagine!. Press Credited For Benny Award CHICAGO—In 2006, Abbott Printing purchased a five-color, 29˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74-5-P+L perfector with aqueous coater. A year later, the Maitland, FL-based printer won its first PIA/GATF Benny Award. Art Abbott Jr., co-owner, credits the new Heidelberg

Shop Cuts Check During Graph Expo CHICAGO—Putting the finishing touches on their deal to acquire a Varimatrix 105 CS diecutter and an ECO 105 folding carton gluer are representatives from Mail Advertising & Bindery and Heidelberg USA. Shown, from the left, are Mark Pannell, co-owner of Mail Advertising & Bindery; Ralph Pasquariello, director of postpress sales, Heidelberg USA; Jerry Faulkner, postpress sales rep, Heidelberg USA; Charlie Le, co-owner, Mail Advertising & Bindery; Paul Noonan, vice president of operations, Mail Advertising & Bindery; and Larry Ewing, sales rep, Heidelberg USA. P.S. Finishing Gets Perfect Complement NEW BERLIN, WI—P.S. Finishing recently installed a Standard Horizon BQ-470 book

ST. CLOUD, MN—10-10-07 —Almost immediately after installing a 22,000 cycle per hour Muller Martini Tempo 22 saddle stitcher, Nahan Printing, Inc. achieved key operational enhancements that are certain to provide greater profitability for the 610-employee shop. “In the month our line has been producing work with the Tempo 22, we have seen make-ready time reduced over our other stitchers by 22% and the net output has increased 34%,” states Steve Kirk, Vice President of Manufacturing at Nahan Printing. “We actually believe the Tempo 22 can produce over 60% improvement in both areas as our operators continue their training from Muller Martini and get

HAUPPAUGE, NY—Muller Martini has opened a new 10,000-square-foot rebuild center in Allentown, PA. The plant includes state-of-the-art capabilities for both rebuilding and refurbishing used equipment.Through the company’s pre-owned equipment program, printers and binderies have the opportunity to purchase certified pre-owned machines—including saddle stitchers, perfect binders and press delivery machines—for substantially less money than new equipment.

THE ROLLER coaster twisted from one side of the Muller Martini booth to the other, an improbably long snake piercing the air in an exhibition hall mostly filled with floor-dwelling equipment. This machine was certainly no bottom feeder—more specifically, it was a top feeder, the Topveyor 365 overhead conveyor. At times an overhead conveyor was needed to circumvent the crowds choking the aisles during Graph Expo 2007 in Chicago. But the patron flow was volatile, and there were periods where one could walk down some of the back aisles of the McCormick Place South Hall without bumping into a poster-toting gawker. . .of which

Quad Taps Goss at Graph Expo SUSSEX, WI—Quad/Graphics will add six new high-productivity Goss finishing systems at various facilities in the United States over the next 12 months. The order, announced during Graph Expo in Chicago last month, includes Pace-setter 2500 saddlestitchers and Universalbinder adhesive binders. Quad/Graphics has installed more than 100 Pacesetter and Universalbinder finishing systems since 1980. “We are investing continuously in finishing operations to give our customers the fastest and most efficient technology available, as well as unique opportunities to add value to their printed products,” notes Bill Graushar, vice president of finishing at Quad/Graphics. “We have a long-standing history of working with

Ripon, WI—August 22, 2007—“We are now open to two new markets: PUR and layflat binding,” says Andy Lyke, President of Ripon Printers, in describing how his company has broadened its service offering since installing a Muller Martini Bolero perfect binder. The Bolero, which runs at 8,000 cycles per hour, processes the industry’s largest range of product sizes for 1-up and 2-up production. Furthermore, Bolero offers an extensive range of production options, whether the job calls for hot melt, cold glue or PUR...in perfect bound, layflat or book blocks for casing-in. Ripon Printers is a 330-employee shop with annual revenues of $44 million. The company,

Company will also highlight unique capabilities of its Alprinta-V size-variable press HAUPPAUGE, NY—During Graph Expo 2007, Muller Martini will again show why the entire industry continuously looks to the company for new and innovative solutions designed to boost print production efficiency and increase profits. Visitors to booth #3863 can view live demonstrations of several of the company’s state-of-the-art machines, including a highly flexible press delivery configuration consisting of a Topveyor overhead conveyor, the new Preciso rotary trimmer, and the Vivo horizontal log bundler. Also demonstrated will be the Muller Martini BravoPlus saddle stitcher, which will be shown together with the Palamides 502 banding machine.

Here’s an exclusive, PRE-SHOW PREVIEW showcasing new products submitted by many of the exhibitors that will be displaying their wares next month in Chicago. Colter & Peterson will showcase the BASA 3, which features an automatic jogging system that can automatically form layers of printed sheets, align them accurately and transport them to the subsequent cutting process. The BASA 3 is appropriate for paper from 16-lb. bond to 125-lb. tag, and is effective when combined with a modern, rear-table-feeding system. Existing gripper transport systems can be retrofitted. Visit www.piworld.com/infocenter: enter #377 MBO America will introduce the Super KTZ, featuring a knife-folding unit that