Binding and finishing news briefs from Printing Impressions’ February 2013 edition, featuring Hammer Packaging, McClain Printing, H-E-B Grocery, Rickard Bindery, FedEx, Creative Printing, Braintree Printing, Classic Graphics, Hopkins Printing, Eastwood Litho and E&M Bindery & Finishing.
NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA—Courier Corp., which specializes in book manufacturing, content management and publishing, plans to provide complete end-to-end digital production capability at its flagship four-color plant in Kendallville, IN. The heart of the new production line will be a high-volume HP T410 color inkjet web press, Courier’s fourth HP digital press and its largest to date.
Not all print shop proprietors have weighed in on the industry’s most pressing question, whether to go “all in” or hedge their bets on digital printing technology. If you plan on catering to both disciplines, having finishing capabilities that speak to the needs of conventional and digital printing is critical.
STEVENS POINT, WI—Worzalla recently installed a five-color manroland Lithoman web press and a Muller Martini Diamant hardcase binding line, both of which are now in full production.
Binding and finishing news briefs from Printing Impressions’ October 2012 edition, featuring Bookmasters Inc.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ October 2012 edition.
For companies that want to remain competitive but are reluctant to make capital investments in new equipment, Muller Martini’s MMUpToDate can literally make what’s old new again, empowering legacy equipment with new technologies that can increase productivity.
Muller Martini will offer Sitma’s wrapping machines, capable of commercial inserting and onserting, in a wide wide range of configurations for inserting and single-copy film wrapping for the commercial printing and newspaper markets. Sitma will handle all installation, maintenance, parts fulfillment and technical support.
ASHLAND, OH—Bookmasters has installed Muller Martini’s Scalable SigmaLine digital book production system. This technology’s ultra-short-run manufacturing capabilities allows the company to produce variable-sized, perfect bound books in-line with its new Océ JetStream 1000 inkjet press.
Bookmasters produces all varieties—and quantities—of books via digital and offset printing. Recently, the company installed Muller Martini’s Scalable SigmaLine digital book production system to increase its short-run manufacturing capabilities in combination with a new Océ JetStream 1000 inkjet press.
