As the most powerful saddle stitcher in the mid-range segment, the Primera 160 saddle stitcher from Muller Martini is an extremely versatile piece of equipment and, thanks to comprehensive process monitoring, it provides a high level of production reliability.
Cardiffs Provincial Printing & Publishing has the unusual claim of owning what must be a contender for the remotest printing works in the world. There is no airport on the island of St Helena so to reach the company, Printech, Provincials managing director Ian Fitzgerald and his wife and co-director Sue had to fly to Ascension Island and sail across to St Helena.
Since the reunification of Germany, East and West Berlin have forged close links. This interaction has been particularly successful for bookbindery Stein + Lehmann, which was formed in 2001 as the result of an East-West merger. With exceptional employees, a motivated management team and modern production machinery from Muller Martini, the bookbindery is a roaring success.
A new, high-speed, programmable 45? POLAR 115 X paper cutter is at work in the Department of Advertising Design and Graphic Arts (ADGA) at New York City College of Technology, where it will be a learning platform for students pursuing two- and four-year degrees in graphic arts and production management.
The more efficient digital printing systems become, the more challenging finishing process will be. Muller Martini, the leading specialist in the field of inline finishing, develops innovative digital printing solutions that yield new growth opportunities for the graphic arts industry – for perfect binding as well as hardcover production and saddle stitching.
A very satisfying IPEX saw POLAR PACE systems scoring another hit
Two executives from books and journals printer Bell & Bain – managing director Ian Walker and sales director David Stewart – split the visits and appointments at Ipex to get through a gruelling two day schedule. But it was Mr Walker who signed off the order for a Polar 155 X Plus to replace a Wohlenberg machine at the Heidelberg stand last week.
