MBO America has entered into a distribution partnership with IBIS Bindery Systems, the U.K.-based manufacturer of the Smart-binder Plus HS. The Smart-binder Plus HS is the perfect companion to the MBO Digital series of high-speed unwinders, sheeters, and specialty web finishing systems. With the addition of IBIS as a partner, MBO has increased the range of its offerings and strengthened its presence in the digital print and finishing sector.
At PRINT 13, MBO America will be showcasing a new MBO M80 modular folding machine with modular add-on capabilities. Other technologies on display will be a Pop-Up Mailer solution, space-saving Star Wheel Tapper and a DFT 560 with selective fold plates that change fold configurations on-the-fly based on reading a barcode.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ July 2013 edition, featuring Kodak and Nimble Storage, Sterling Toggle, Finch Paper, Sun Cloud Consulting, Van Son Holland Ink, FFEI, GSG Financial, Durst, Wikoff Color, Twin Rivers Paper, Domtar Corp., Bell and Howell, GMC Software Technology, and MBO America.
MBO America has redesigned its Website with improved features for quick access to detailed product information, including extensive video demonstrations and visuals. Updates include opportunities for customers to find parts, as well as pre-owned equipment online.
It would be fair to say that the combined China-India-Asia print market is now the largest in the world. But the EU firms don't have an easy ride. There are hundreds of local Chinese manufacturers (like JMD Machinery Group) competing fiercely for the business. Still, the bindery is alive and well. It's just that much of it is now in China.
Commercial printing industry supplier company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ February 2013 edition, featuring Xerox Corp., Appleton Coated, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., DocuSource, C&W Pressroom Products, Central Ink, Xingraphics, MBO America, Roland DGA, Navitor Inc., Glunz & Jensen, NELA Ternes Register Group, Duplo USA, Eltosch America, DeVries, manroland sheetfed, Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), xpedx, Printing Research Inc., Presstek Inc., Graphic Innovators and Pitney Bowes.
Not all print shop proprietors have weighed in on the industry’s most pressing question, whether to go “all in” or hedge their bets on digital printing technology. If you plan on catering to both disciplines, having finishing capabilities that speak to the needs of conventional and digital printing is critical.
The four production lines that MBO America will run at GRAPH EXPO 2012 include: The High Speed Line, The In-Line Mailing, Basic Mail Line and 30" Continuous Web. MBO America, made up of four companies—including MBO, Herzog+Heymann, Palamides and Bograma—is offering integrated solutions that may increase production by 30 percent or more.
The Binding Industries Assn. has announced the winners of the 2012 Product of Excellence (POE) awards. For more than three decades, the POE awards have recognized outstanding examples of craftsmanship in binding, graphic finishing, information packaging, and custom loose-leaf manufacturing.
drupa will see a host of new perfect binder entries all designed to smooth the finishing workflow for both inkjet- and toner-based digital presses. All of these machines can either run in-line with the press, or in a near-line configuration.
