Finishing & Screen Printing
Replacing polypropylene binders with Unibind FSC solutions
Friday 23. July 2010 - Polypropylene is sold as a biodegradable product, but ask anyone how long it takes to degrade in landfill and answers vary tremendously.
Until very recently, printers didnt have the option to produce hardback covers economically, but now thats all changed. This year at IPEX, we saw the introduction of the CaseMaker 750A, the culmination of over thirty years work, to produce a fully automatic casemaking machine that any printer can operate internally.
This now means that marketing and communication departments have to rethink their approach to both internal and external communication. With companies looking carefully at costs, wastage and their environmental impact, this new opportunity ticks all the boxes.
The CaseMaker 750A, can be used to create hardbacked books and binders; coupled with digital print from a Xerox 700 or 1000, forms a completely eco-friendly product.
Printers in the UK have the option to buy their own machine or buy trade covers through Unibind at a set price.
The real dilemma is getting the message out to designers, corporate marketing departments, HR and corporate communication teams. The standard perception is that hardback binding is not an option, because of minimum orders and the lack of personalisation. The CaseMaker 750A shatters all these boundaries, with a flexible range of spine widths, cover formats and no minimum orders.
Companies in the past have used polypropylene for covers, manuals, induction packs, sample packs and now they have a real alternative, which ticks all the right environmental boxes. From the FSC covers and boards, to the low energy use of the machine, end users have a real alternative to polypropylene, with the advantage of no minimum orders.