US company BindTech was the company behind the landmark purchase of the machine, which was first launched at Drupa 2004.

President of the Nashville-based trade finisher Dale Nichols said: "We didn't just need additional production capacity, we need a machine that was more flexible, and produced work faster and more efficiently."

Muller Martini's Bolero is capable at running at 8,000 cycles per hour, and, according to the firm, features fast makereadies. It can handle a maximum spine length of 510mm and products with a thickness of 80mm.

The Bolero is used to produce a wide range of products including brochures, magazines, catalogues, and bookblocks for hardcover books. According to Muller, common binding methods such as one-shot and two-shot hotmelt, cold glue, combined primer two-shot binding methods or PUR can all be included on the machine.