Ibis Integrated Bindery Systems<\/strong>, specialized in digital in-line saddle stitching, has today announced the launch of its latest model, the Smart-binder \u2018X<\/em>\u2019, that will also target the newspaper market. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ibis targets newspapers and 2-up A5 production with new Smart-binder X \u2018stretched\u2019 model<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":25348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7731],"tags":[8440,7913,8441,8442],"class_list":["post-30790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-en","tag-newspaper-binder-en","tag-newspapers-en","tag-saddle-stitching-en","tag-smart-binder-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe new system has been stretched to increase maximum booklet format size to 18 x 11 inches.\u00a0 It can therefore be used to produce A5 portrait booklets 2-up \u2013 at very high production speeds using the optional trimmer centre-knife \u2013 or to produce tabloid sized newspapers 1-up.
\nThe first new Ibis SB-X<\/em> is now being used in production at a customer site in the USA to produce 2-up A5 portrait booklets. The SB-X is now released and available for general supply.
\nJohn Cracknell<\/strong>, Managing Director of Ibis, said: \u00abThe launch of the Smart-binder \u2018X\u2019 is another important milestone for us. The system is the only in-line digital saddle-stitcher available worldwide to produce variable data tabloid size products, or A5 booklets 2-up at 10,000 books per hour. It is also an ideal solution for tabloid size production newspaper production, which can be produced with variable page content and with the option of wire stitch or cold glue binding, or no binding. Newspaper \u2018sections\u2019 may be collected together into finished newspapers on the Ibis SB-X delivery and an optional final knife-folder if available, if needed<\/em>.\u00bb
\nHe added:\u00abThis launch is another example of our commitment to meeting our customers\u2019 needs and to satisfy a growing demand for our market-leading systems that make digital print more relevant and immediate to the recipient<\/em>.\u00bb
\nIbis, which is celebrating its 15th year of operation in 2014, continues to strengthen its direct links with all digital printer manufacturers while at the same time building on its global distribution and support network with service and distribution agreements with other companies.<\/p>\n