Diamond Print Services will commission two Muller Martini Ventura MC book sewing machines making it the first in Great Britain to invest in this equipment.
The installations will be fitted with the tween option for the production of signatures with different sizes and positions. Operations director, Nick Dingwall, said, ‘the tween option in thread sewing will open new markets for us.’
According to the company, which also uses a Diamant bookline and a Prima saddle stitcher from Muller Martini, the investment will make the London-based graphic arts company the only bookbindery in Great Britain capable of also thread sewing smaller folded signatures in a book block.
In addition to the tween option, Mr Dingwall is also impressed by the servo technology of the Ventura MC, which enables the motorisation of all book-specific width settings, except for the gathering tray and book stacker. This reduces job changeover times and increases adjustment precision.
‘MC technology is the future for us bookbinders,’ stressed Mr Dingwall. ‘It enables us to stitch even heavy paper types and a wide range of sizes to the very highest quality standards.’
