The Sydney-based printer installed the MBO B30-E at its offset printing headquarters in the suburb of Artarmon in June. The machine was supplied by Ferrostaal Australia.

Bindery supervisor Gordon Hogg (pictured, left)) told ProPrint the company had already started reaping the benefits of upgrading from a smaller GNK machine.

“It’s really good. It gives us much more folding capacity than we had before,” he said.

“We were sending most of the work out, but we’re not really sending anything out now.

“The double gate-fold is easy to set-up and with the stacker, the folder is operated by just one person and the makeready times are now even better,” added Hogg.

The purchase came after the company conducted an “exhaustive study” of its operations as part of a lean manufacturing push. The internal review identified a bottleneck in the bindery.

Group managing director Paul Richardson said: “The goal was to increase the capacity of the bindery and bring back the 15-20% of the work once outsourced to specialist finishing companies.”

The company has already started to reap the benefits, saving on handling costs involved in shipping material to the outsourced operation, as well as reducing turnaround times.

“More and more, we find customers expect their print job to be completed by tomorrow, and doing the work in-house helps us to get the work out on time,” Richardson said.

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