It’s Machine Spring Cleaning Time!

Can you feel it? Spring is in the air! While the calendar indicates we’re a full month into the season, it’s finally starting to feel like spring, and not just because of the milder temperatures. With each passing day and week, hope springs eternal. After the historic year we’ve endured,…

Can you feel it? Spring is in the air! While the calendar indicates we’re a full month into the season, it’s finally starting to feel like spring, and not just because of the milder temperatures. With each passing day and week, hope springs eternal. After the historic year we’ve endured,…

The virtual.drupa 2021 as a Digital Take-Away

Rolf Steiner (54) has worked in the graphic arts industry for 29 years and has been managing director of Vogt-Schild Druck AG in Derendingen, Switzerland, for two decades. He writes in the following blog why he misses drupa in Düsseldorf so much as a beacon in the printing industry and why…

Rolf Steiner (54) has worked in the graphic arts industry for 29 years and has been managing director of Vogt-Schild Druck AG in Derendingen, Switzerland, for two decades. He writes in the following blog why he misses drupa in Düsseldorf so much as a beacon in the printing industry and why…

Make Short Work of Short Hardcover Runs

It was over 150 years ago when David McConnell Smyth invented the first book-sewing machine. Sewn books are still recognized as the finest hardcover books produced, a sign of high quality and robust durability, the kind of book you want to cherish for a lifetime. But in the last few decades,…

It was over 150 years ago when David McConnell Smyth invented the first book-sewing machine. Sewn books are still recognized as the finest hardcover books produced, a sign of high quality and robust durability, the kind of book you want to cherish for a lifetime. But in the last few decades,…

Resilience. The key to success during unprecedented times. Part 1: When in doubt, innovate.

What have you done in the past year to innovate your business?   It is clearly an understatement to say that the past year has been a challenging one. COVID-19 has impacted all of our lives, changing the way we interact with family and friends, educate our youth, food shop,…

What have you done in the past year to innovate your business?   It is clearly an understatement to say that the past year has been a challenging one. COVID-19 has impacted all of our lives, changing the way we interact with family and friends, educate our youth, food shop,…

When a Printed (Chess) Magazine is Launched in the Middle of a Pandemic

Because of the corona crisis, chess clubs are closed almost everywhere and hardly any tournaments have been taking place on boards for months, the worldwide action on the 64 squares has shifted almost completely to digital platforms on the Internet. It takes courage to launch a printed chess magazine in…

Because of the corona crisis, chess clubs are closed almost everywhere and hardly any tournaments have been taking place on boards for months, the worldwide action on the 64 squares has shifted almost completely to digital platforms on the Internet. It takes courage to launch a printed chess magazine in…

Cast a wider net for available labor with Müller Martini’s User Interface Technology

Legacy bindery equipment requires operators with deep mechanical and bookbinding knowledge and job-specific information to realize the highest production speeds. These skills are hard to find and develop in today’s labor market. Müller Martini’s newest user interfaces and barcode touchless workflow simplify equipment operation by minimizing touchpoints and automating repetitive…

Legacy bindery equipment requires operators with deep mechanical and bookbinding knowledge and job-specific information to realize the highest production speeds. These skills are hard to find and develop in today’s labor market. Müller Martini’s newest user interfaces and barcode touchless workflow simplify equipment operation by minimizing touchpoints and automating repetitive…

Online Components Will Remain Important Even After the Corona Crisis

The corona pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation in the graphic arts industry as well. For example, more and more machine demos for customers are taking place online. Pascal Ruch, Head of the Print Finishing Center at Muller Martini in Zofingen, is convinced that virtual components will remain important even…

The corona pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation in the graphic arts industry as well. For example, more and more machine demos for customers are taking place online. Pascal Ruch, Head of the Print Finishing Center at Muller Martini in Zofingen, is convinced that virtual components will remain important even…

Treat your best and most experienced operators to Müller Martini’s High Performance Training

Your equipment operators can make all the difference to your business, its overall performance, safety, and efficiency. Supporting and developing your operators at every skill level is therefore essential to increasing the productivity achieved throughout the operation.   With a continuing shortage of experienced operators and an aging operator community,…

Your equipment operators can make all the difference to your business, its overall performance, safety, and efficiency. Supporting and developing your operators at every skill level is therefore essential to increasing the productivity achieved throughout the operation.   With a continuing shortage of experienced operators and an aging operator community,…