Investment in additional compensating stackers optimizes parallel production

Herold Druck und Verlag GmbH in Vienna (Austria) has optimized its mailroom lines with an investment in two additional Ferag MultiStack compensating stackers. Having four compensating stackers lined up in a row now makes it possible to distribute several productions between them in whichever way is optimal for bundle formation.

The Perfect Hybrid Application

The company, which is part of the Thomson Reuters Group, has de facto three machines in one thanks to a special customer-specific configuration. Because the signature stack feeder is not the start of the perfect binding line for digitally printed products, but instead is located between the gathering machine and the binder, two processes can run at the same time. Digitally printed products go directly from the feeder to the binder, while the gathering machine is prepared for the next offset production or uses them to gather the signatures while the digital job is running.

Braun Denk & Werk takes layflat binding to a higher level with Italian Binding

There are many printing houses that advertise themselves with creativity or craftsmanship. BRAUN Denk & Werk from Deggingen near Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg is one of the houses where this combination fits almost perfectly. The team around the owner Holger Braun is self-confident enough to create their own print products, perfect them and successfully adapt them to customer requirements. One of these products is the layflat binding Italian Binding.

High-productive Summa Laser Cutters acknowledged by HP

It is long past time that cutting was an obstacle in the process of design, printing, calendering, cutting to sewing. With todays technology, machines have become better aligned and much easier to use. However, suppliers can help customers even more by investigating which associated systems are compatible with each other.

New Colter & Peterson SABER paper cutter provides immediate value to Smith-Edwards-Dunlap

Smith-Edwards-Dunlap in Philadelphia has built quite a reputation since opening its doors 140 years ago in 1880. Among the citys leading commercial printing companies, management has deftly combined leading edge equipment purchases with a skilled workforce to drive customer satisfaction. A new 45-inch SABER X-15 paper cutter with Microcut from Colter & Peterson was a recent Christmas gift that made the finishing department workers happy.

Microcut makes Graphic Partners decision easy for Colter & Peterson paper cutters

Northern Illinois commercial printer Graphic Partners has a history of making good decisions. In business for over 100 years, the company recognized the productivity value of Microcut electronics and how it has enhanced its paper cutters output for nearly 40 years. When Kirk Larsen looked for replacements prior to the PRINT 19 show four months ago, he purchased a new 45-inch SABER X-15 paper cutter and a reconditioned 30-inch Challenge from Colter & Peterson since both machines are equipped with Microcut.

Environmentally friendly and efficient: Newsprinters transitions to inserting process

British media group News UK has pledged to remove all single-use plastic in its newspaper products by mid-2020. This was the reason for Ferag bringing in an additional EasySert inserting drum for the Newsprinters production site at Knowsley, near Liverpool. The high-circulation Sun TV Magazine with inserts is now being packaged as a supplement to The Sun daily newspaper, rather than shipping separately in polywrapped bundles.