Mailing/Fulfillment - Hardware

Even though I didn’t get the opportunity to visit all of the finishing system exhibitors at GRAPH EXPO 2012, I did see enough to form some opinions on current trends and developments in the industry. While digital printing was once again the central focus of the show floor, finishing remains key in creating quality, exciting products across the board.

Direct mail isn't going away. Even your sub-par direct mail piece gets much more attention than the best Web ads. And well-targeted, intelligently personalized pieces do really well. Amazingly, a majority of direct mail still consists of your plain-vanilla envelope.

North American Communications, an international leader in direct mail marketing for over 30 years, is excited to share that the world’s fastest and most compact mail sorter, the NPI Crossfire, is now fully installed and being utilized within company walls.

The KR 545T can apply multiple tabs on the lead, side and, most impressively, the trail edge in one pass without turning the product.

Data-Mail Inc., one of the nation’s largest direct mail companies, has again broken new ground with their use of variable data presses to offer their Fortune 500 customers a higher level of personalized mailing services. This full service, state-of-the-art print and mail processing facility, produces 5 million pieces of mail per day.

“Mailstream” is a new fully automated Direct Mail Finishing System that converts press sheets into finished mail products. Because of its small footprint, Mailstream is ideal for all size printers who want to bring mailing services in-house. With smaller space requirements, a low cost basis and high levels of automation and production, the Mailstream offers high profit potential to the mail finishing process.

ANDOVER, MA—October 26, 2008—Standard Finishing Systems will introduce the Standard KAS Mailmaster 465HS and 465 Compact Mail Inserters at Graph Expo in Chicago, October 26-29. Mailmaster inserting systems have an international reputation for quick job changeover, superior document feeding capability, touch screen controls, and high productivity. Other features include configuration flexibility for custom applications and optional state-of-the-art optical scanning capability for document security and integrity.

MINNEAPOLIS— October 13, 2008—Buhrs Americas, the North American subsidiary of the leading international provider of mailing solutions, will showcase a new, higher speed version of its popular BB700 Inserter at Graph Expo in booth 1859.  The new inserter—first seen at drupa and new to the North American market—is rated at 16,000 pieces per hour—a 2,000 piece-per-hour increase over what was already the fastest multiformat inserter on the market.  Key to the popularity of the Buhrs BB700 Envelope Inserter is its format flexibility.  Some machines are rated at high speeds, but can only accommodate a particular envelope format or size.  The Buhrs BB700, on the other hand, operates at rated speed over the widest range of envelope sizes in the industry.

MINNEAPOLIS—October 3, 2008—Printers, binderies, and mailers who need flexibility and modularity in mailing and fulfillment systems will see an innovative approach to fulfillment in the Buhrs Americas booth at Graph Expo 2008.  In booth 1859, Buhrs will demonstrate different ways to combine a variety of Buhrs equipment designed specifically for fulfillment.  Applications experts from Buhrs Americas, the North American subsidiary of the European leader in high-speed material handling, will be on hand in the Buhrs Americas booth to consult with printers and mailers regarding their specific product handling needs.

MINNEAPOLIS—September 30, 2008—Buhrs Americas at Graph Expo 2008 (in booth 1859) will feature the Buhrs 3000 Film Wrapping System—a mid-range film wrapping machine rated at 15, 000 pieces per hour.  Ideally suited to the needs of commercial printers, finishers, publishers and mailing houses, the Buhrs 3000 is the film wrapping system of choice for those who mail magazines and other quality media, or who use wrapped or unwrapped comailings.