With Finishing and Mailing Expert Trish Witkowski
Before the pandemic, binding and finishing equipment—especially equipment compatible with digital printing—was a fast-evolving and hot-selling part of the industry. What impact did 2020 have? What new technologies, products, and applications are emerging post-pandemic?
What you'll learn:
- New developments and trends in binding and finishing
- New products from major industry vendors
- New features, capabilities, and applications
As part of our preview of next week’s Technology Outlook Week, Trish Witkowski runs down the latest advancements in folding, book binding, cutting, coatings, and more. Read More
In this new series we look at Industry 4.0—not as a marketing term, but in an actionable way so that you can begin or continue to prepare your company and participate in the many benefits. In this second article in the series, we take a look at internal hardware systems. Read More
In this new series, we look at Industry 4.0. Not as a marketing term, but in an actionable way so that you can begin or continue to prepare your company and participate in the many benefits. In this first article of the series, we start at the beginning and look at the state of readiness. Read More
To select the finishing method that best communicates the value of the content, you must first understand how the final product will be used and its audience. Print salespeople have the opportunity to expand the finishing conversation beyond product, technique, and price. Document finishing is a bit like the real estate market—"curb appeal,” first impressions, and attention to detail can communicate insurmountable value. Read More
Is your finishing operation holding your business back? Or depressing your margins with labor-intensive processes or waste caused by bindery errors? Are finishers disconnected islands in your workflow automation? This article, the third in a series sponsored by EFI, explains how to integrate the printing operation with nearline finishers to complete automation from prepress to finishing. Read More
This article addresses how to protect the labor force in printing plants from being infected by viruses and get a better and more profitable company structure by implementing Industry 4.0. Read More
Virtually every printed document requires some type of finishing. The expanding array of digital printing methods has changed the nature of finishing from large-scale devices focused on offset printing to automated methods that often occur alongside a production digital printer. To reach its true potential, the role of finishing must evolve as well. Recent research from Keypoint Intelligence – InfoTrends offers important insights on how print service providers (PSPs) can leverage finishing to win business and drive profitability. Read More
“Digital enhancement” or enhanced printing is one of the hottest trends in the industry and has been the talk of many recent trade shows—but enhanced print doesn’t sell itself. Pat McGrew offers some tips and strategies for selling enhanced printing to maximize ROI. Read More
Embellishment has been a function of print production for as long as there has been printing. In fact, it almost goes back to the beginning of the writing of documents. There is no doubt that embellishment does add value to the printed product. Especially with the more recent introduction of digital embellishment technologies designed to complement digital printing. Now that embellishments have finally begun to capture market awareness, new developments are happening all the time. In part 2 of this series, David Zwang will look at new mainstream technologies that add embellishments and value to print and packaging production. Read More
Embellishment has been a function of print production for as long as there has been printing. In fact, it almost goes back to the beginning of the writing of documents. There is no doubt that embellishment does add value to the printed product. Especially with the more recent introduction of digital embellishment technologies, designed to complement digital printing technologies. New developments in digital embellishment are happening all the time now that it has finally begun to capture market awareness. In part one of this two-part feature, David Zwang will look at the added value and long history of embellishments. Read More
WhatTheyThink’s Technology Outlook Week Finishes with Binding & Finishing
FASTSIGNS® Utah Invests in Kongsberg Technology to Drive Efficiency, Accuracy and Scalability
Duplo USA Announces Finishing Roadshow in Dallas and Chicago Areas
Lane Press Installs Second New Osako Tener Saddle Stitch System to Complete Upgrade
Highcon Announces CEO Transition following Successful drupa
Harris & Bruno International Celebrates Milestone Achievements at Drupa 2024
Tecnau and Sitma Celebrate Very Successful drupa 2024
Flexa Unveils New Cutting Solution for Wallpaper!
Taktify Wins PRINTING United Alliance 2024 Pinnacle Product Award for Technology
Kongsberg PCS Celebrates Hugely Successful First drupa as Standalone Business
Duplo USA Celebrates 45 Years as the Leading Provider in Digital Print Finishing
DS Smith Leads Packaging Innovation with Installation of First Highcon Beam 3
BindTech Enters The Edge Printing Game With Two New DIGI-B Machines
Summa Expands Laser Cutting Capabilities with Caron Cradle Feeder
Duplo USA to Showcase Automated Bookletmaking and Finishing at the 2024 AlphaGraphics & PostNet Expo
Kongsberg Ultimate Named Best Wide Format Cutting Solution in Prestigious drupa Awards
Hampden Press Signs for a Scodix Ultra 2500 SHD at drupa 2024
Major Order – Yongcheng Shengda Print Technology Invests in Digital Transformation
Six Brand New Stackers for Em. De Jong
NAPCO Purchases Highcon Beam 2 Digital Die Cutting System to Enhance Digital Packaging Capabilities
DUPLO SEIKO Expands Portfolio and Boosts Innovation with Acquisition of MULTIGRAF
Kongsberg PCS Maximizes Productivity Through Automation with Latest Feeder & Stacker Reveal at drupa
Duplo USA Launches B2 Die Cutter and Spot UV Coater with In-line Foiling
Nobelus Launches Komfi Sirius 110 Laminator
Kongsberg PCS Embraces Own ‘Maximizing Creativity’ Message with drupa 2024 Booth Display
Easy Cut Studio V6 Launched - Next-Generation Vinyl Cutting Software
Xeikon and Kurz Collaboration Shines the Light on Brand Protection and Consumer Interaction
Drupa Debut: Plockmatic to Launch Two New Colorcut SC Digital Die Cutters
Ultimate Tech and MBO Announce Collaboration
Over 10 Million Pages Enhanced on Scodix at TBB, Leading Publishing Printing House in Eastern Europe
Xeikon and Kurz Collaboration Shines the Light on Brand Protection and Consumer Interaction
Müller Martini Sets the Tone in the Smart Factory
Ultimate Bindery 2024.1 - Supporting over 86 Devices
Drupa Debut: Morgana DigiFold Ultra
Elitron Showcases Upgraded Kombo TAV at Drupa 2024, Introducing Enhanced Performance and Efficiency
Cosmo First Reports Improvement in March’24 Quarter Results
palamides GmbH Presents Its New Collect To Box Solutions at drupa 2024 Tradeshow
Unlock the Secrets to Gaining a Competitive Edge in the Wide-Format Arena
Ultimate Tech - Driving Finishing Automation with Horizon at Drupa
Pincroft Makes Steady Strides on Course For Sustainable Textiles Future
Standard is a leading North American distributor who proudly partners with world-class equipment manufacturers, Hunkeler and Horizon, to deliver state-of-the-art feeding and finishing solutions. Standard provides a range of quality-engineered pre and post paper handling solutions for continuous-feed print engines from Hunkeler of Switzerland, including unwinders, rewinders, rotary cutting systems, dynamic perforators, plow folders, stackers, and inspection systems. They also offer a comprehensive line of automated finishing equipment from Horizon of Japan, including folders, perfect binders, trimmers, saddlestitchers, collators, bookletmakers, slitters/creasers, and die-cutters. The Standard portfolio of feeding and finishing solutions delivers outstanding performance and ultimate flexibility for the fast-changing offset, digital, and inkjet print markets. Standard’s 15,000 square foot National Demonstration Center, located in Andover, MA is equipped with a complete range of solutions, and in-person or virtual demonstrations are offered.
Ultimate Bindery is a standalone software solution designed to fill the gap between prepress and finishing. Ultimate Bindery® can take any imposed job and complete it with all the necessary parameters needed to automatically set up your finishing equipment.
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