Folio orders two new buckle folders from Heidelberg

Print Solutions

Folio Print Finishers has invested in two new Stahlfolders, a BH82 and a BH66, and they will move directly into 24 hour production.

‘Eighteen months ago we invested in a new binder but to keep that operating to capacity we needed to invest in more up to date folding capacity,’ said Andy Bird, managing director. ‘These are direct replacements for older B1 and B2 machines and are funded by a Regional Growth Fund grant.’

He continued, ‘We didn’t need fully automatic machines because we take work from many different printers so are handling different stocks, formats and folds all the time so the operators would be constantly overriding the system. However, these are more automated than the machines we have had and will give us a significant lift in productivity and efficiency as well as a consistently good fold.’

With fewer and fewer trade finishers in the industry, Folio Print Finishers is taking in work nationwide and is winning business because of its extensive range of services which include perfect binding, PUR, stitching, thread sewing, one piece mailers, Wire-O binding, remoist gluing, miniature work and punching.