For the new plant, Showa Note planned to install a line for perfect binding, and in September 2019, the company installed an Apressia CTX132 Programmable Hydraulic Clamp Cutting System.Yasuo Kawasaki, Executive Director of Showa Note, explains, "We decided to make better notebook...

Solving the Overhang Problem Folding printed sheets for perfect binding at the register marks when the printing area is too small for the paper may result in some signatures having overhang protruding as shown in the photo above. If signatures with differing degrees of overhang a...

Promoting automation of process operation, machine operation and quality control To realize Connected Automation, Komori has paid close attention to the touchpoints in three areas of production that must be automated to maximize efficiency: process operation, machine operation ...

At Printnet most of the orders are from customers in the specialty printing field. President Youichi Odawara says, "I believe that jobs of 3,000 or more copies should be run on a UV web offset press, jobs of more than 1,000 copies are best handled by sheetfed offset machines, and...

System 38S machines flex muscles A high-tech storm of Komori System 38S web offset installations has hit Turkey as educational printers invest in the latest automated heatset presses to bring high print quality and unbeaten productivity to the textbook sector. This unprecedented ...