Ferag
Hall 15, Stand D25
At Drupa 2012, Ferag will introduce TapeFix, a system to secure insert collections. TapeFix takes the place of a wrapper to ensure that collections stay together. TapeFix is also, according to the company, an inexpensive alternative for inserting supplements as part of the newspaper production process. Also new is MiniSert, a low-cost means to move up from manual inserting to an automated system. The modular inserting line can raise inserting production to a higher level at lower cost than previously.

Horizon International
Hall 13, Stand D36
New on stand will be two all-in-one bookletmakers: the offline SF-100 and the CW-8000NL, which is a near-line machine that combines bleed-trimming, creasing, stitching, folding, face-trimming and stacking. This digital finishing solution produces high-quality booklets with edge to edge printing. The SF-100 is equipped with a mark reader and is capable of producing booklets with varying page counts. Horizon has also teamed up with Océ and Hunkeler for its Roll to Booklet Solution. This line will be shown producing personalised booklets with variable sheet counts. Rolls will be printed with an Océ ColorStream 3500 and then unwound and cut with Hunkeler’s UW-6 and CS-6 machines before being saddle-stitched by a Horizon StitchLiner 6000 Digital.

KAS Paper Systems
Hall 13, Stand A73
The company’s range of KASfold bookletmakers and Creasematic creasing systems will be demonstrated together. KASfold systems feature variable stapling positions, including corner and edge stapling and double-sided jogging, and can be used inline with vertical table-top collators.

Kolbus
Hall 16, Stand D22
Kolbus will demonstrate its Bookjet concept of producing books automatically with different content and a different number of pages consecutively. Also present will be the BF530 book finishing line.

Morgana Systems
Hall 8b, Stand A65
The new DocuMaster MFC booklet system creases the sheets as part of the feeding and bookletmaking operation. It can feed special covers and inside pages from separate feed bins, while still allowing for creasing of cover, centre or all pages of the book.

Watkiss Automation
Hall 13, Stand B70
Watkiss will debut the PowerSquare bookletmaker with full-bleed trimming, specifically targeting the colour digital print market. By adding a two-knife trimmer to the PowerSquare 200 bookletmaker, full-bleed print jobs can be produced in a single pass direct from the printer, without trimming the sheets on a guillotine. Watkiss will also show variable data applications on the Nearline PowerSquare 200, a bookletmaking solution for digital printers that combines a dual-sheet feeder with the Watkiss PowerSquare 200 bookletmaker.

Blumer
Hall 6, Stand A61
Although no precise equipment details are yet available, Blumer has indicated that it will be showing its latest machines for cutting square-cut labels and other products, as well as offering a wide range of products from simple start-up solutions to fully automated systems. Blumer is also very well known for its punching lines, and will feature new developments in this arena.

Bobst
Hall 10, Stand A4
Several developments for the ExpertCut 106 die-cutter will be on show, including the new Smart Feeder II, as well as advances that reduce waste and shorten recovery time following a machine stop, thereby improving net output. These improvements also reduce the number of over-runs required from print, increasing customer profit margins, says the company. To ensure die-cutting quality throughout the run, the equipment on display will also feature new systems which increase the operational life of tooling.

Bograma/Sigma Engineering
Hall 6, Stand A24
On this joint booth Bograma and Sigma Engineering will be displaying the BS Multi flatbed punching machine with cutting equipment, alongside the BSR 550 Servo Rotary die-cutter. The plan is to show the production of boxes, folders and giftcard holders, plus micro perforation, kiss-cutting of stamps and punching of a folding product.

CP Bourg
Hall 13, Stand B69
If you’re in Hall 13, be sure to check out Bourg’s CMT 330 three-knife trimmer. It has been designed for finishing on-demand digital print, and handles soft-cover, perfect-bound books at up to 400bph.

Challenge Machinery Co
Hall 15, Stand A11
This US manufacturer will exhibit its range of guillotines and cutters designed primarily for the small production and digital market. These include the small-format Spartan and larger Titan ranges of cutters, and the heavy-duty Champion guillotines.

Duplo International
Hall 13, Stand B53
The DC-745 cutting system with Integrated Folding System will be on Duplo’s stand. This machine targets high-volume digital colour printers. It has integrated controls in one pass for slitting, cutting, creasing and perforating in two directions, and can slit-score greetings cards.

Esko
Stand A23, Hall 8b
The company will launch the new Kongsberg XN finishing table (see Must-see, p30). Also on show will be the Kongsberg XE10 Auto offering automated short-run production on a wide range of materials; the Kongsberg XP24/c for finishing commercial digitally printed materials and short-run packaging; and the Kongsberg XP-44A, the biggest Kongsberg configuration ever exhibited at a tradeshow, featuring fully automated packaging and display production.

Heidelberg
Hall 1
Heidelberg will be unveiling its new Varimatrix 82 CS die-cutter, ‘CS’ indicating cutting and stripping. Able to cut at rates up to 8,000sph, the Varimatrix 82 CS suits the Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 for packaging printers. Heidelberg will also show the Dymatrix 106 Pro die-cutter with a new chase changer. This speeds up the exchange of different cutting dies.

Highcon
Hall 4, Stand B28
For many, Drupa will be the first time they have seen the Highcon Euclid in action. The Euclid is a digital creasing and cutting machine that the manufacturer claims will eliminate the need for conventional dies in the folding carton converter market, making short runs both profitable and viable in the process. The company says the machine employs precision laser optics and polymer technology to streamline and migrate the die-cutting and creasing process from analogue to a digital.

Kama
Hall 2, Stand B32
The new ProCut 76 die-cutter will be launched in Kama’s ‘Commercial Centre’. Claimed to be the world’s first flatbed die-cutter for sheets up to 760x600mm, it will be demonstrated with a hot-foil stamping system and a universal chase for dies of all sizes.

Lasercomb
Hall 10, Stand D31
Lasercomb is a supplier of solutions to the packaging and die-cutting industries and will be showing the latest version of its ProDigi multi-functional plotter – the ProDigi neo 1613. Among the new features included on this machine are a conveyor system and a front-end PC for easier operation. Other new options include the possibility of using up to six tools for greater flexibility.

Lasermax Roll Systems
Hall 6, Stand C74
New at Drupa 2012 will be the Lasermax Roll Stack 2220 system, which includes the Cutter c22 and Stacker s20. It features dual rotary knives for variable strip cutting at speeds up to 140m/min. The double-strip cut is used to remove cleaning lines from many inkjet printers or to create documents with bleed edges. It can operate inline or offline with digital printers. New for Drupa also will be the TC1750 static punch and perf-continuous punching and fanfold perforator. This will be joined by the new Perfoflex TC 1550 FL2P, developed to work with slack paper webs, and the Perfoflex TC 8300, for working inline with fast digital printers. The company’s new Photo Finishing Solution will operate offline on the HP stand to cut pre-printed and laminated rolls into photos. The system creates fully trimmed photos separated into groups and automatically diverts excess white paper.

Morgana Systems
Hall 8b, Stand A65
Morgana will demonstrate several bookletmakers and trimmers, including the new DocuMaster MFC booklet system, as well as business card cutter-slitters for short-run digital print applications.

Multigraf
Hall 14, Stand D11
Multigraf will debut its new Touchline family of creasing, folding and perforating machines. The Touchline TCF375 creases and folds, the TF375 folds only, and the CP375 creases, folds and perforates. All are fully automatic and utilise a ‘tool bar’ system for controlling each tool.

Polar-Mohr
Hall 2, Stand A1
Heidelberg post-press partner Polar will host its own stand for the first time at Drupa this year, occupying 860m. It will present 10 systems and eight standalone machines, with a focus on networking. The highlight will be three models of the new ‘N’ high-speed cutters – the 56 NET, 66 NET and 80 ECO. Polar will also debut the new BC 330 three-knife trimmer.

Schneider Senator
Hall 13, Stand A37
Among the innovations on show will be a new, colour touchscreen user interface and an improved version of the Roboload automatic jogger-loader. The Senator S-Line 137 H guillotine will also be on show, as will the Senator E-Line 78/92, which has new features including a new knife-change crank handle at the front and a new knife-change device. 

Tecnau
Hall 6, Stand C74
Tecnau will be presenting the following production solutions on its stand in Hall 6: TC 1750 Continuous Punching & Fanfold Perforator; TC 1550 FL P Dynamic Perforator & Dynamic Punching unit; TC 8300 Ultra Fast Dynamic Perforator for 3-up applications; BMS 400.04 Book Making System. It will also be demonstarting a number of perforation solutions.

Watkiss Automation
Hall 13, Stand B70
The company will demonstrate the Hydrocut 520 guillotine on its stand. The cutting kit is designed primarily for inplant and digital print applications, with a 520mm cutting width, full electronic light guarding, hydraulic operation, and keypad control with memory.

Zünd
Hall 9, Stand C3
Zünd will present the new S3 line of cutters. With a "revolutionary" direct-drive system, Zünd says the S3 is built for speed (see Must-see, p36). Also on show will be the Zünd Board Handling System, Zünd Cut Center Software and 3D routing.

Horizon International
Hall 13, Stand D36
The new CRF-362 creaser-folder will be introduced at Drupa. The manufacturer says this system can fold products without causing the image to crack on both lighter and cover weight stocks. Up to 10 creases are possible on one sheet with up or down creasing possible in one pass. Also new is the Cross Folder AF-746KLS, which is equipped with two parallel buckle-fold plates and two cross-fold knives. This folder is suited for the production of eight-page and 16-page signatures with high accuracy and high speed.

Kama
Hall 2, Stand B32
Kama will show the ProFold 74 folder-gluer in conjunction with a pre-breaking device, cold-glue application system and a long pressing belt. New applications for the ProFold 74 also include a creasing, cutting and perforating unit.

Lasermax Roll Systems
Hall 6, Stand C74
Lasermax will unveil new upgrades for the Folder f5 fanfold stack system, making it even faster to support ultra-high speed inkjet presses. The Folder f5 features completely automated web feeding and form-size changes to generate compressed vertical stacks of fanfolded output.

MB
Hall 13, Stand D49
The prestigeFold Net 66, a further development of the prestigeFold Net 52, will be presented at the Drupa for the first time. In addition to features such as complete automation and operator convenience, this new folding machine offers more flexibility because it can handle a larger range of formats, says the company, being able to create 3-up A4 products or 24-page A4 signatures.

Autobond
Hall 11, Stand A23
Autobond will launch its new high-speed B1 laminator, the Mini 105 TPHS, at the German exhibition. This thermal machine is capable of laminating on one or two sides in one pass, at a maximum speed of 120m/min (10,000 B1 landscape sheets per hour). The company will also debut two inkjet spot UV machines – the Mini 36 SD TPM-36 SUV, a 360x740mm thermal perfector laminator with PSA magnet lamination and inline inkjet spot UV machine, and the offline 52 SUV-SDF, a B2 portrait inkjet spot UV machine with a Heidelberg-Stahl suction drum feeder (see Must-see, p26).

Bobst
Hall 10, A4
Bobst will show its T SL 1000 duplex laminator. One of the twice-a-day SL 1000 demonstrations will provide the opportunity to see the Bobst General Registron Hawkeye, an optical density and pinhole detector for metallised film, providing 100% web coverage. The system can be integrated into a metalliser control system, enabling metallisers to considerably increase the machine speed, and it is also a quality assurance tool for all users of metallised film.

D&K Europe
Hall 11, Stand D40
D&K Europe will demonstrate the Europa, Jupiter DS and Proteus Laminators. Managing director Robin French says: "At this Drupa, we will mostly be concentrating on demonstrating our range of fully automated thermal laminating machines.  Drupa has always been a great platform for us to showcase our product range to both existing and emerging markets." 

Komfi
Hall 13, Stand B72
This year marks the 20th anniversary for Komfi and to celebrate, the firm will show the first machine it ever built, the Delta 001, in near-original condition. Other than having had new rubber parts fitted and a fresh paint job, the heart of the Delta 001 on show (including the laminating roller, heating system, drives, chains, main bearings, etc) will all be as fitted on the day of its manufacture. Alongside the Delta 001, Komfi will also be demonstrating more up-to-date machines from its current range of thermal laminating systems including an Amiga 36A, Delta Plus, Amiga 52 and the new Junior 36, as well as spot varnishing units Fullmatic B3 and Spotmatic B1.

Stock
Hall 11, Stand E22
Stock has increased its range of innovative sheet-to-sheet laminators with the introduction of the AHPL, a machine that features electronically controlled sheet registration for meeting the highest demands for laminating accuracy and productivity. The AHPL laminator, with "on-the-fly registration" (electronic set-up of the sheet overlap) and an additional mode with mechanical sheet registration, is suitable for laminating most materials, edge to edge, for the production of POS boxes, displays, puzzles, etc, at high speed (up to 10,000sph) and with great accuracy.

KAS Paper Systems
Hall 13, Stand A73
This UK-based manufacturer will
demonstrate the Mailmaster 465HS and Mailmaster 565HS envelope inserters, Mailmaster Compact C4 entry-level enveloper and KAS Mailwrap polywrapper. The 465HS inserts at up to 6,000 envelopes per hour (eph) into envelope formats of DL to over-sized C4, and the 565HS can insert into C5 envelopes and larger at up to 7,000eph. The Compact C4 is an entry-level DL to C4 system with a smaller footprint that runs at up to 5,000eph.

Palamides
Hall 6, StandA39
Palamides will reveal two new delivery systems for envelopes. The first offers automatic postbox filling. The pre-sorted envelopes or self-mailers are automatically filled into postboxes, and the corresponding bundle label is printed and enclosed in the postbox as required. The second, an envelope delivery system for personalised products, is, claims the manufacturer, a world first. Every 1.8 seconds it can dispense a cross-strapped bundle that has been divided according to postal or other criteria specific to the customer, and automatically labels them. Envelope formats can range from C5 to B4, and different bundle heights can be detected automatically and cross-strapped.

Pitney Bowes
Hall 4, Stand C04
There will be plenty to see at the stand of the US-based mailing corporation. Many of the machines fit with the company’s White Paper Factory concept. The idea is that pre-printed stock can be completely replaced by printing every job on blank paper and white envelopes. Personalised transpromo messaging in a mobile phone bill will be printed in full colour using the IntelliJet 20 on stand. Both applications will be finished using the new Mailstream Wrapper, which wraps the printed document rather than using envelopes. Other exhibits will include the Rival Productivity Series, an inserter with closed-loop reprint and job changeover capabilities, and the Reliant Sorting Solution. P/I OfficeMail, Pitney Bowes’ hybrid mail solution featuring physical and digital mail delivery, will be demonstrated alongside software for geocoding, location intelligence, predictive analytics and CRM. The Connect+ franking machine and the Digital Envelope and Document Printer will be shown, as will the Mailstream Productivity Series 26K inserter.

Plockmatic International
Hall 13, Stand A49
Plockmatic will be demonstrating several of its direct mail products for the light production digital printing market, including the Plockmatic 4000 System, a modular concept incorporating the DMI 4000 Inserter, the MF 4000 base unit for feeder modules, and the TF 4000, a six-bin tower feeder.

Sitma
Hall 13, Stand B37
The Sitma range includes inserting, addressing and envelope inserting systems, quarterfolding machines, bundle wrappers and film wrapping machines. At Drupa 2012, Sitma will concentrate on demonstrating three film-wrapping and envelope inserting systems.

Duplo International

Hall 13, Stand B53
Duplo will demonstrate its new FKS PrintBind KB-4000, a single-clamp binder offering on-demand perfect binding. The KB-4000 uses PUR down the spine of the book, then side glues using EVA hotmelt glue. The PUR binder features a closed tank system. Duplo’s flagship binder, the DPB500 PUR, will also be demonstrated.

Heidelberg
Hall 1
While presses are always the focus of the German giant’s über-stand, finishing is a key part of the portfolio and visitors won’t be disappointed. Heidelberg will show a new version of its Eurobind 1300/1300 PUR adhesive binder with new automatic functions.

Horizon International
Hall 13, Stand D36
Get ready for acronym-overdrive as the Japanese manufacturer announces its exhibition line-up. Horizon will present its Flexible Binding System, comprising the CABS4000S + AF-566F Digital with PSX-56. This perfect-binding system can handle both offset and digital print output. Horizon will also present digital finishing solutions focused on roll-to-perfect binding and roll-to-saddle-stitching to demonstrate efficient digital printed-roll finishing.

IBIS
Hall 15, Stand B 10
To complement its existing single-clamp perfect binder model PB-600, IBIS is now launching the new ‘Sprint-binder’ PB-2000 with 4 clamps for 1,500 perfect-bound books/hour.  It can be configured as part of a complete system to operate in-line with the highest speed digital web printers. Also on show will be the new Smart-binder Plus, which offers a higher cycling rate, and the new selective folder, the F-200.

Kolbus
Hall 16, Stands D22-1 and D22-2
Kolbus will devote much of its stand space to perfect-binding machines, including an updated version of the KM 600C perfect binder. Other highlights should include the production of digitally printed hardcover products and flexible casemaking with varying spine widths with the LE 660 bookmark machine, BF 530 book finishing line, DS 392 compensating stacker and SU 652 jacketing machine.

Muller Martini
Hall 14, Stand C21
The Swiss manufacturer is playing its cards close to its chest in terms of what it will be exhibiting at Drupa 2012, but has said it will be showing 10 machine systems for all its divisions. Expect to see "cost-effective" perfect binding solutions employing the company’s Motion Control Technology. New systems for hardcover production – for example, for high-quality photobooks – will also be shown.

Tecnograf
Hall 13, Stand B90
Tecnograf’s stand will have plenty on offer if you’re looking for bindery or finishing solutions. The company will show new versions of its ANT 250, ANT 500 and ANT 2000 combined PUR/Hot-melt perfect binders, along with its Mini-Tec Line – MT casing-in, Easy Bind, Press One, Pronto and BC-1 Plus.  

Watkiss Automation
Hall 13, Stand B70
Watkiss will demonstrate its system for square-backed book production on the new Watkiss PowerSquare 200 bookletmaker and the SpineMaster.

Wohlenberg
Hall 6, Stand A43
Wohlenberg will be using its stand to produce different types of jobs using three new perfect binding machines: the Quickmax, Vento and Phoenix. The Quickmax perfect binder is available in three versions: Compact, Halfline and Inline. At Drupa, the Quickmax production line will operate with a Streamer vertical sheet feeder and a Trim-tec 90e inline three-knife trimmer, and between them they will be producing a 210x210mm brochure with thicknesses of between 7-12mm. Meanwhile, the new Vento has two different versions, Universal and Dynamic, and will be producing a 96x145mm pocketbook. The Phoenix will produce an A4 journal comprising eight 16-page sections of 90gsm, plus a four-page cover section on 300gsm stock. 

Zechini Gra-For
Hall 14, Stand C4
Zechini will be showing off the fact it is now the exclusive global distributor for the Smyth F1088 thread-sewing machine, as well as highlighting its range of bookbinding and converting kit. The company says the recently developed F1088 manual sewing machine is the ideal solution for digital printers who wish to be self-sufficient in production of sewn books. In spite of its small footprint, the F1088 can handle signatures up to the maximum size of 490x520mm.

SADDLE-STITCHING

Heidelberg
Hall 1
The German press giant will have its Stitchmaster ST line of saddlestitchers on stand in Hall 1.

Hohner
Hall 6, Stand B26
Hohner will launch its new saddle-binder, the HSB 13000. The machine will replace the former HSB 10000. Fully automated and capable of 13,000 cycles per hour, the new device is equipped with a new drive technology managed by Hohner’s Motion Control, for full automation, including the stacker. Hohner will also exhibit its HSB 8000 saddlestitcher.

Muller Martini
Hall 14, Stand C21
Muller Martini isn’t giving much away about its on-stand exhibits, but has said that "new possibilities" for saddlestitching with inline inserts, for product diversity and for all print run sizes, will be demonstrated. The company will also debut a completely new inserting system for newspapers and mail shots with an "optimal price-performance ratio".

Osako
Hall 13, Stand D10
Japanese manufacturer Osako will launch the new Tener Alpha saddlestitcher at Drupa. It is a fully automated system that builds on previous models’ high-speed production capabilities.

Renz
Hall 11, Stand E39
Renz will debut an inline, fully automatic binding system with high-speed punching. Book blocks on the in-feed conveyor are punched, re-collated and fed automatically into the binder. Renz claims the new machine reduces product handling and enables full automation of punching and binding – a world first. It will also show a new automatic cover turner linked to an automatic binding line as well as the Inline 750, which handles 750x800mm-format substrates at up to 4,000 binds an hour. Renz will introduce a raft of new punching systems, including the DSP 360 high-speed automatic punch, the Punch 500 HD electric desktop punching machine, and the Punch 700 electric heavy-duty punching machine. These will be demonstrated alongside the DTP M electric desktop machine, the DTP A semi-automatic desktop puncher, the AP 360 and Pro Punch 50 fully automatic punching system. The new Mobi 360 semi-automatic mobile wire comb binding machine and the new Inline 360 fully automatic punching and binding line will also be launched. Renz Group chief sales and marketing officer Michael Schubert comments: "Drupa is one of the most important shows on the calendar, both in terms of the digital technology race and also in terms of deciding the future business strategy.’

Swigraph
Hall 14, Stand A5
Swigraph will be exhibiting its new SWI-590 auto-binder for double-loop wire bindings alongside its range of other binding and punching machines. With an automated conveyor-band exit, the company says this is the further development of its SWI-520 and SWI-800 Auto-Binders. It says that the new SWI-590 is faster and more automated than other similar products. Also new at Drupa will be the R8-PVC Duplex In-Line production unit, where two semi-automatic R8-PVC binders are operated on a single PVC-Forming production-line, being automatically fed with ‘multi-length’ PVC coils of the client’s choice. Other products on show will be the  Auto-Punch PZ599 -II and the table-top pneumatic Crimper for both metal-spiral ends simultaneously.

Bobst
Hall 10, A4
Bobst will unveil details of its new press, the ExpertFoil 142, which will be the only dedicated foil-stamping press available in the size VI format. Additionally, for the duration of the show, a Masterfoil 106 PR – Bobst’s flagship hot-foil stamping press – will be on display in a live production environment at finishing firm Köch & Glasder’s facility, located 20 minutes from the Messe. Erik Bothorel, head of business unit, web-fed, says: "The new products will showcase our commitment and our ability to improve the efficiency and added value of our equipment through continuous and cost-effective innovations."

Gallus
Hall 2, Stand A45
Gallus will use the trade show to introduce a number of upgrades and options to the ICS 670 inline folding carton machine. The HiDef flexo printing system and a new gravure unit will be demonstrated with finishing processes such as rotary screen printing and cold foiling in a single pass, as well as the flying imprint option (a ‘spare’ printing unit that allows promotional images or text to be changed without interrupting production) and a new quality control system with blank ejection.

Horizon
Hall 13, Stand D36
The company will use Drupa to introduce its new Horizon HOF 400 Feeder (see Must-see, p34).

KAS Paper Systems
Hall 13, Stand A73
Among KAS Paper Systems’ mail and envelope systems, the company’s stand will feature the Mailwrap polywrapper for printers seeking an upgrade from low-speed, manual polywrapping to a more automated high-speed polywrapper. The Mailwrap has a maximum speed of 6,000pph.

Morgana Systems
Hall 8b, Stand A65
Morgana’s CardXtra Plus will be a highlight of the company’s stand, showing creasing, slitting and cutting on a wide variety of stocks and sizes.

Multigraf
Hall 14, Stand D11
Multigraf’s new Touchline CP375 creaser, folder and perforator will be released at Drupa 2012, and offers automatic operation and a unique tool bar system.

MUST-SEES