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PITTSBURGH— October 12, 2007—The Binding Industries Association (BIA) announced today its 2008 Product of Excellence Awards Call for Entries. From around the world, companies submit their best work to be judged against that of their peers. It’s time to see if your company has what it takes to reach the highest pinnacle in the industry—the Product of Excellence Award (POE). Winning this prestigious award assures that the industry recognizes your achievement, and that your colleagues, executives, customers, and partners know that your work is “the best of the best.” “Many new opportunities were achieved by my company after winning a POE; we had increased name recognition

ARCDALE, NC—September 17, 2007—Vecoplan, the worldwide leader in size reduction technology, dedicated their newly expanded headquarters at a grand opening on Saturday, September 15, 2007 in Archdale, NC. Tours of the enlarged, 60,000 square foot facility were conducted during the event. A contingent of officials from Germany joined Vecoplan employees and vendors, in the celebration. According to Len Beusse, COO of Vecoplan, LLC “the decision to expand our building was driven by the continually increasing demand for our shredders and systems, especially our systems. Over the last 5 years we’ve had more and more customers that come to us for a total waste

STUTTGART, GERMANY—September 12th, 2007—The German based GRAFIX GmbH announces the acquisition of ConTemp GmbH, a leading manufacturer of chilling and fountain solution systems. ConTemp has been producing a high quality product for sheetfed offset presses for the last 10 years. Until now GRAFIX has offered anti-offset spraying systems including powder extraction and drying systems. Drying systems include UV, IR and hot air. “The acquisition of ConTemp strengthens GRAFIX as a whole provider for the printing industry.” says GRAFIX CEO Hans-Georg Platsch. GRAFIX LP located in Chicago, Illinois, is part of the large GRAFIX worldwide service net and offers a 24/7

It seems that nobody wants to talk about the bindery. . .except perhaps the many NPES member companies that manufacture and market these solutions to the printing industry. After all, the bindery just isn’t sexy like the pressroom or prepress departments. Talk is one thing, but action is more important. Are printers investing in new bindery and finishing technology? If not, why not? After all, many people claim that the bottleneck in the print workflow is the bindery. Nothing goes out the door and gets billed until it’s cut, folded, perffed, diecut, foil stamped, embossed, stitched or bound, stuffed or mailed or shipped to

Cutting problems arise when poorly stored or unevenly dried paper develops a distorted, convex outer edge that cannot be aligned evenly against the cutter's backgauge. The material tips from one side to the other, spoiling the precision of the cut. The optional “Fixomat” feature of POLAR cutters compensates for these distortions with point-type lay marks at the backgauge. The lay marks, which can be programmed along with the backgauge position, are swiveled in front of the backgauge rake to convert the surface lay mark to a point-type lay mark. This essentially is the same as what happens in a press when the paper

ADDISON, IL—August 2007—GBC, an ACCO Brands business (NYSE: ABD) and market leader in the manufacturing and distribution of binding and laminating products, will introduce the new 6028os and 730os laminators at Graph Expo 2007 in Chicago. Broadening their offerings to the Print On-demand Market, which already include the 620os and Delta, GBC intends these new units to fill the need for feature-heavy single-sided laminating systems. The 730os features a semi-automatic feeding system and integrated separator for continuous production by commercial printers, quick printers, copy shops, and reprographics shops. Designed for short to mid-range print runs from both digital color printers and offset presses, the 730os

Sierra Printers, Inc. have installed a UniFold Automatic Folder/Gluer manufactured by Brandtjen & Kluge, Inc. Located in Bakersfield, CA, the print shop will primarily use their folder/gluer for converting pocket folders and small packaging items. Learn more about the Kluge UniFold at www.kluge.biz/unifold.htm Current, Inc. of Colorado Springs, CO, recently installed a Kluge EHF Series Press. They will use their new 14 x 22 press for foil stamping and embossing a range of applications including business cards, presentation folders and B2B products. Learn more about the Kluge EHF Series Press at www.kluge.biz/ehf.htm. Atlantic Packaging of Tabor City, NC, have installed a Kluge TXR-1100 Series

KENNESAW, GA—July 25, 2007—Heidelberg will demonstrate a wide range of packaging solutions at this year’s Graph Expo, including several new items that boast a competitive advantage in economy, efficiency and flexibility. The prepress, press and postpress equipment will be on display in booth #1200 at McCormick Place in Chicago from Sept. 9-12, 2007. “Heidelberg provides high-performance packaging solutions to a broad spectrum of businesses, whether they are printing simple folding boxes or high-end finished cartons for luxury goods. The high level of customization on our equipment allows companies to find the right solutions for their business,” says Mark Rasmussen, postpress packaging product manager, Heidelberg USA. For