Most of the newspaper printing plants currently tasked with safeguarding their production opt for a retrofit solution – in other words, a “freshening up” with the addition of new control components and a thorough overhaul of the mechanical wear parts. This was no different at Funke Media Group, where the mailroom technology at the plant in Hagen was given a comprehensive retrofit by Ferag.

Thanks to the Tecnau solution, Edubook AG is moving to efficient on-demand book-of-one production
Established in 2004 as a digital-only print shop, Edubook AG of Merenschwand (Switzerland) has a long tradition of commitment to on-demand book production and is a staunch advocate of highly networked machinery and production processes. Edubook is a company of the Kalidos Education Group, Switzerland’s biggest group of private schools, which was acquired by the German Klett Group at the beginning of 2019.

Job processing up to 60% faster and two new registration methods
Scodix, the world’s leading provider of digital enhancement solutions for the graphic arts industry, has announced today the launch of a new productivity workflow package, Scodix Studio Station. Developed to boost press utilisation and production flexibility, Scodix’ new workflow solution can process jobs up to 60 percent faster for Ultra Digital Enhancement Press users.

As part of the new "Solo to System" campaign for further industrialization of print finishing, qualified customers will receive a POLAR stack lift free of charge.

Extraordinary situations require extraordinary (sales) measures: Following a successful live video demonstration of a KM 610.A transmitted from the Rahden plant to New Taipei City, Taiwan, located some 9,000 kilometers away, Zhi Sheng Bookbinding decided to purchase the 8,000-cycle perfect binder from Muller Martini.

The Swedish printing group V-TAB is keeping pace with changes in the printing industry across the Scandinavian country. The production sites have had to constantly adapt to market requirements in recent years, which is always linked to changes in production possibilities. V-TAB enjoys an active partnership with Ferag – the preferred partner for mailroom technology.

W+D North America, the leading provider of vote by mail ballot inserting technology, announces the sale of eleven W+D BB700 S2 high speed inserters for vote-by-mail solutions to Runbeck Election Services of Phoenix, AZ. According to Jeff Ellington, President of Runbeck, “our current fleet of BB700 inserters had already enabled us to help numerous states with their expansions into comprehensive vote-by-mail processing.

manroland Goss Americas, a subsidiary of manroland Goss web systems GmbH, the leading web offset press manufacturer, has relocated its bindery and post-press equipment service organization in Effingham, Illinois to its Americas headquarters located in Durham, New Hampshire. This will primarily benefit their customers: The new centralized structure will enable the Durham based engineering and customer service teams to fully utilize the potential of the established manroland Goss service and support infrastructure. As a result, faster response times and improved 24/7 support of their bindery and postpress portfolio.

Customers can pick up orders around the clock
Klartext GmbH offers a new service to its customers and business partners: A 24/7 Smart Terminal from Kern enables a secure and contact-free transfer of goods around the clock, seven days a week. "We are glad that we have the terminal in use", says managing director Michael Hamel.

Core systems successfully installed at new location