MBO America

The K8 RS combi-folder, from MBO America, is now available in North America. The K8 RS combi-folder is capable of production speeds up to 275 m/min, reportedly making it the world's fastest folding machine and representing a 20 percent increase in production output over the previous model—the K8 Perfection.

MBO America is sponsoring two upcoming industry events: the Binding Industries Association (BIA) Annual Conference, being held in Dallas on March 31-April 2, 2014; and the Inkjet Summit, held in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, on April 7-9, 2014. Participation in, and sponsorship of, these events—with more on the horizon—further confirms the company's commitment to its customer-empowering marketing and education initiative, announced earlier this year.

MBO America is readying an interactive demonstration and learning center, complete with a 4,500-square-foot showroom and 2,000 square feet of classroom space. It will offer basic and advanced versions of a flexible, non-commercial, tutorial curriculum that can be customized to meet application-specific needs of individuals and groups from one or more organizations.

Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ March 2014 edition, featuring Konica Minolta and MGI, Mark Andy, KBA North America, MBO America

MBO America and HSPR will kick-off 2014, MBO America's 30th Anniversary, with a revealing marketing and education initiative that will center on educating the market regarding postpress advancements that optimize production workflows for efficiency and profitability.

Hartmut Sohn, product manager of MBO Digital, has retired from the company after 18 years of devoted service. A five-decade veteran to the binding industry, Sohn will be remembered for his expertise and ability to create customer solutions for specialized fold productions, earning him the nickname, "Mr. Origami."

KBA and MBO have signed a cooperation agreement on the joint international marketing of MBO folding machines. To kick off the partnership between the two manufacturers, KBA for the first time presented not only its Rapida 75 press, but also MBO's new 2013-generation folder M80 on its exhibition stand at Pack Print International in Thailand.

This year at PRINT 13, Braintree Printing owner Jim Corliss and his colleagues were in the market for a newer, faster folding unit. The company purchased a MBO folding machine from Pasquariello Graphics of North.

So, was there any new "breakthrough" in finishing technology presented at PRINT 13? Not really. What we did see were more finishing systems that are better integrated with digital print. This is a trend that has continued over the years as digital printers have gotten faster. Almost all high-volume finishing now starts from the printed roll (or the printer). The goal is to make this an end-to-end solution that can be run by a single operator in the best case.

MBO America will introduce the MBO M80 Flexible Folding System with modular add-on capabilities at PRINT 13 in Chicago. The M80 comes with modular design technology and can be reconfigured after purchase with the capability to add or interchange certain components according to a customer's specific needs.