Core Image enhances bindery with StitchLiner

Print Solutions

East Kilbride commercial printer Core Image has enhanced its bookletmaking and increased production capacity following investment in a Horizon StitchLiner 5500 from Intelligent Finishing Systems.

The latest addition is part of a £200,000 spend that includes a Heidelberg Versafire. The company, that is this year celebrating its 25th anniversary, also runs a five colour Heidelberg Speedmaster 52L and a Konica Minolta bizhub.

Managing director David Hunter said, ‘We had an old SetMaster which was long overdue for replacement. Upgrading was pushed back in the last couple of years as we invested in other areas of the business but this year we vowed to bring our finishing up to date. We looked at a few options but liked the StitchLiner because of its in line three knife trimming, creasing, folding and ease of set up.

‘The StitchLiner was definitely the way to go. It is a fantastic machine and is making such a difference already. Before installation we had one job which took nearly two days with, at one stage, four people involved. On the StitchLiner it was finished in one hour. In terms of productivity, sanity – mine and everyone else’s – it was a no brainer.’

He continued, ‘We used to have a bottleneck in the bindery and now we don’t. We are looking to make the whole operation lean and part of that is streamlining production where we can. Our operation is now more effective.’