Binding and Finishing
All-around PUR
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel
With the ongoing trend toward short runs, sophisticated postpress techniques are migrating downstream. Even polyurethane reactive adhesive (PUR), once...
Flexible folders
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel
Your standard-issue folder could be a print finishing jack-of-all-trades. Equipment manufacturers are improving the modularity of these machines, adding...
The whole package
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel
Lake County Press (LCP), a $51 million, 250-employee shop in Waukegan, IL, always has added value to its conventional print jobs by offering in-house...
Speed, accuracy & innovation
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel
Drupa is just around the corner as this 125th anniversary issue of AMERICAN PRINTER goes to press. Several postpress equipment manufacturers some of which...
Cut to the chase
May 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Heidelberg (Kennesaw, GA) distributes Polar equipment in the United States. Polar, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2006, will be in Heidelberg's...
Crossing the finish line
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Just over a year ago, Spiral of Ohio, based in Cleveland, OH, and Action Bindery of Norcross, GA, near Atlanta, rebranded themselves as Finish Line Binderies....
Hot stuff
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Nothing says like foil stamping. A foil-enhanced greeting card says you cared enough to spend a little more. Savvy package designers have taken a shine...
Digital demand
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff
The On Demand Conference & Exposition (www.ondemandexpo.com) is right around the corner. More than 10,000 print-for-profit, corporate in-plant and publishing...
To Preserve & Protect
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Wide-format laminator Distributed by Neschen Americas (Elkridge, MD), the SEAL 62 Pro Series offers a professional laminator with industrial performance....
Big Finish
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By AP staff
As noted in our July issue (Iron Giants) there's a definite VLF press buzz. Some commercial printers are pushing beyond the 40-inch format to achieve...
All for one
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By AP staff
MBO hosts multivendor mailing, print and finishing event MBO America's (Westampton, NJ) annual Open House included exhibits, presentations and demonstrations...
Neatly folded
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Integrated creasing and folding for digital printers Morgana Systems' (Marietta, GA) DigiFold reportedly is the world's first integrated creaser and folder,...
An upward Spiral
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Rapid Bind's John Goch saw a great opportunity when he purchased a fledgling three-person operation in 1980, but he never could have foreseen how the...
Plan ahead
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Christopher Lien
Undeliverable As Addressed (UAA) mail is a billion-dollar problem for commercial mailers including those in the printing business who provide mailing...
Shrink to fit
Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Blanks Printing & Imaging's (Dallas) fulfillment division knows how to perform quick changeovers. Its jobs run from hundreds to millions of pieces, from...
