When the counter reached zero, the equivalent of 100 square metres had been laminated, and the timer was stopped. An adjudicator from the Guinness Book of World Records was on hand to verify the number of sheets laminated while confirming that they were free of creases and air pockets.

What was the old record?
This is a new category, so there was no current Guinness World Record — until now. The GBC engineering/operating team actually set the new record on three runs: other times clocked in at 51.75 seconds and 45.03 seconds. After a few jam-ups, and as sheets were running low (KBA donated the paper), they went for the gusto and cut more than four seconds off the previous attempt.

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