60-second Super-cool Fold of the Week (Video)

Featured Fold : Tapered Wrapped Stepped Accordion This week’s solution combines several great techniques into one exciting format. From our friends at Specialties Graphic Finishers in Toronto, Canada, this piece was produced…

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Is Packaging Finishing’s Future?

By Don Piontek I happened across a pretty thorough analysis of the U.S. printing industry last week. It made for interesting reading. The “ouch” part is that there is no doubt that a large portion of the U.S. printing industry is in negative growth mode. The…

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Will A ‘New Bind’ Arrive?

By Don Piontek Information technology changes at lightning speed. With book binding, a truly new technology arrival every decade is more like it. But, every once in a while, a game changer sneaks in. The last major milestone in adhesive binding was the…

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Making The Cut

By Don Piontek When I think about the workings of the bindery, I naturally think about the various machines and systems that are part of finishing. But If I “dig down” to a deeper level, I come to the various components that make up the machines. You know,…

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