Bartel Printing may have humble surroundings but its work for some very influential local customers has a huge impact on a worldwide stage. And the single largest purchase ever by the woman-owned company in late 2012, a state-of-the-art Wohlenberg perfect binding system from Colter & Peterson and supplemented with a three knife trimmer, has played a key role in the printer recording the two highest income years in its 45 years of operation.

Muller Martini will showcase a new perfect binder for the lower and medium performance range at Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne. A new solution will also be presented for saddle stitching: the Presto II Digital combined with a Stahlfolder TH 56 folding machine from Heidelberg.

The FlexLiner Gets a New Opening Method For Magazine Inserts

Even products without a low folio lap can now be easily opened and processed using the FlexLiner inserting system. That extends the range of applications of the FlexLiner and the processing options in the mailroom.

From 23 to 26 February POLAR will present efficient cutting solutions at the Hunkeler Innovationdays. Presentations will focus on three-side trimmer BC 330 and cutting machine 56 NET.

• Product portfolio for postpress packaging continues to grow
• Dr. Frank Schaum now responsible for Postpress Commercial and Postpress Packaging

IBIS, a world leader in digital print finishing systems, will be demonstrating two innovative new Smart-binder features at the Hunkeler 'Innovation Days ' (HID) exhibition at the Allmend fair and event centre in Lucerne, Switzerland, from 23-26 February 2015.

Parkar Communications Private Limited is a one-stop shop for on-the-ground marketing communication in Mumbai. Design, product development, offset and digital print, signage, POP, events, and corporate film production – from concept to execution on the ground, Parkar's signage and POP solutions for brands such as P&G, Gillette, Cadbury, Onida and Mahanagar Gas are visible throughout Mumbai's stores and malls around the country. Six months ago, the company installed an Esko Kongsberg XN cutting and creasing table with Esko's ArtiosCAD 3D and i-cut Suite software at its Andheri East plant.

Roland DG introduces its most advanced desktop cutter ever, the CAMM-1 GS-24. The cutting plotter offers increased cutting power and precision, a host of high-performance features, and unsurpassed reliability.

Roland DG Corporation, a leading worldwide manufacturer of large format inkjet printers, printer/cutters, vinyl cutters, and other advanced digital devices, announced it recently sold its 420,000th vinyl cutter.

A Polar N78 guillotine will be installed in the Lake District this month. Stramongate Press is replacing its Wohlenberg with the Polar guillotine which will be used to handle a broad range of commercial material and different stock weights for a client base that ranges from individuals to multinational companies.
Managing director Peter Hartley says: "Polar guillotines are considered the best and it's time we had one. We like the durability and value for money and on installation this machine will go straight into action, operating flexible days."

To extend the product offering for sign and display makers, Agfa Graphics has added an automatic cutting plotter to its Anapurna and Jeti wide-format printer portfolio.

Als Marktführer für industrielle Schneidlösungen blickt DIENES nicht nur beim Vertrieb und Service auf ein erfolgreiches Jahr zurück, sondern auch das Angebot an Schulungen des Unternehmens erfreut sich bei Kunden und Interessenten zunehmender Beliebtheit. Allein im Herbst des vergangenen Jahres wurden in Hamburg, Korntal bei Stuttgart und Lohmar bei Köln drei Fachseminare mit insgesamt 115 Teilnehmern durchgeführt.