CreaseStream reveals sheet feeder licensing deal with Vivid Laminating Technologies

Print Solutions

CreaseStream, daughter company of creasing specialists, Tech-ni-Fold Ltd, has revealed that it has licensed its CreaseStream feeding head and belt drive technology to machine manufacturer's Vivid Laminating Technologies.

The patented ‘Gravity Flow Feeder’ which was developed to feed digitally printed sheets without marking the toner and by avoiding the common use of vacuum air feed methods, has been a big hit with hundreds of CreaseStream customers, and critical elements have been licensed to Vivid to manufacture for their own market.

Graham Harris, owner of CreaseStream, explained: ‘We realise that the potential for feeding offset and digitally printed sheets outside of our market of expertise, using our system, potentially falls into many other areas of print and print finishing production. The tie up with Vivid is a sensible and obvious step because we can make use of our patent in areas that do not bring competition to our creasing line.’

Graham is optimistic that the market will begin to open up for expansion of his patented system in other areas, but has stressed that the finer details of CreaseStream's Agreement with Vivid remains confidential.