Author: Steve Gardner

Steve is a 30+ year industry veteran having started his career as an apprentice in 1987. He operated many Muller Martini binder and stitcher platforms before joining Muller Martini Canada in 2008 as a service technician. He was appointed Regional Sales Manager in 2011 and provides sales, account maintenance and support to customers within Canada, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming in the United States. Steve received his technical skills education from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Forecast for Print: Things are looking brighter

As we emerge from a challenging few years to a new business environment, what can the printing industry expect, and what should you be looking to do to prepare? Brighter skies ahead Recent reports from establishments like the BMI and other printing industry experts, along with business analysts across…

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Faced with unprecedented challenges, the print industry thrives

2020 was a watershed year that challenged us in ways we had never anticipated, upending both lives and livelihoods. Everything we knew about business and communication changed in an instant. While these challenges have been disruptive, they have also been transforming. Printing Is Essential As frontline workers rushed to…

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Life Cycle Management: Planning for the future of your bindery—and your business.

Muller Martini North America has recently begun consulting customers on Life Cycle Management (LCM). Historically, telling a customer that they have to actively manage their machinery’s life cycle—and plan for its obsolescence—has been a difficult conversation as no one wants to hear that their machine’s productive years may be waning.…

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A premier book manufacturer that optimizes the “people factor.”

Some month’s back, I wrote about one of my clients, Friesens Corporation, who had replaced an aging casing inline system with the Diamant MC. It was a particularly gratifying experience for me, in part because Friesens chose Muller Martini over another manufacturer that they had used for decades. As the…

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Finishing 4.0 in Action

The principles of Finishing 4.0 were developed not only to help printers and binderies of all sizes achieve optimal efficiency within today’s challenging, highly variable print landscape, but profit doing so. Muller Martini is recognizing a number of companies worldwide who have successfully implemented a Finishing 4.0 workflow. I’m pleased…

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Does a Remanufactured Machine Make Sense for Your Organization?

Muller Martini recently remanufactured a 335 Saddle Stitcher for Mitchell Press Ltd., the largest commercial heat-set web printer in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. The company outputs on average over two billion publication pages per year. I’ll let David Mitchell, Owner/President, describe his Muller Martini remanufacturing experience. Steve…

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When It Comes to Offering the Most Advanced Finishing Technology, There’s a Clear Choice.

Recently, my client, Friesens Corporation, was kind enough to provide feedback about a recent installation of our Diamant MC Casing-In System which replaced an older casing inline system. Friesens manufactures yearbooks, coffee table books, and general interest titles and has been in business since 1907. What was particularly gratifying…

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Premier Printing Winnipeg Invests in Primera

Premier Printing, a high quality sheetfed/digital plant located in Winnipeg, decided it was time to look at options for replacing their 20-year-old Muller Martini stitcher. The machine was running two shifts a day and had been a reliable workhorse over the years. However, makeready times were high, production speeds were…

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