Zechini ‘X-Book’ Line
Two new deals has made Friedheim International UK & Ireland agent for Zechini, Italian manufacturer of bookbinding and converting machines, and an authorised seller of IBIS’s range of bindery equipment.
Zechini offers an extensive range of complementary equipment for bookbindery operations covering the complete spectrum of short, medium and longer production runs.
Managing director of Zechini, Fulvio Zechini, said, ‘Friedheim International has long-standing expertise in the finishing sector, something we value highly. They have the ability to deliver best quality sales and service to meet the business needs of customers, as well as having excellent relationships with these customers. We are therefore very pleased to make this appointment, and all these factors can only bode well for our joint future success!’
Friedheim’s agreement to sell and support IBIS products in the UK includes the IBIS Smart-binder (saddle-stitch) systems SB-1, SB-2, SB-3, SB-4 and SB-5, as well as the IBIS Sprint-binder (perfect-binder) models PB-600 and PB-2000.
John Cracknell, managing director, IBIS Bindery Systems, said, ‘We are delighted to be working in partnership with Friedheim in the UK market. Since Friedheim already sell Hunkeler and MBO web processing equipment, the addition of our IBIS products further enables Friedheim to provide complete finishing systems for use with all types of digital printers. By working together, we can offer customers the ideal combination of IBIS’s strong product range coupled with Friedheim’s ‘second to none’ sales and product-support capabilities.’
Mark Bristow, managing director of Friedheim International, ‘Zechini is a well known and respected name in the bookbinding sector and we welcome the opportunity of adding its excellent and diverse product range to the current portfolio of finishing solutions that we offer.’
He added, ‘We know that IBIS takes pride in designing and building robust, innovative and high quality digital print finishing systems. This agreement is an important step forward and a win-win situation for both companies to provide maximum benefits to our UK customers.’
