Banbury-based Foremost Print has invested in a Rhin-O-Tuff Tornado Autopunch system from UK distributor Morgana.
Designed for medium run lengths, the Tornado Autopunch automatically feeds, collates, punches, and delivers books offset and ready for subsequent binding. The machine can also continue to collate and punch even as completed sets are taken away to be comb-bound.
Foremost Print specialises in the production of work for the medical trials industry, producing pages in a variety of different languages. ‘We might need to print only 100 copies, but in up to 10 different languages,’ explained managing director Lee Woodcock. ‘We need to turn these around in just four or five days prior to shipping to destinations across the world. The Tornado has allowed us to halve the labour needed for finishing these publications, whilst at the same time providing us with a higher accuracy.
‘We had been taking collated sets from our Ricoh printers, adding a cover, using a manual punch, and then placing that complete document into the comb binder. A very manual process. The new machine means that we can halve the man-hours it takes us to complete the work – it’s a tremendous investment.’
