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Press release Transcontinental

Transcontinental has purchased a high speed inline paper drill. The 245-10 from Hang will be the fastest and most advanced paper drill in Canada. Servo drive technology for book transportation and drill heads, production up to 3” pile heights and 2.000 piles per hour are just a few of the…

GC1-1 glue camera goes South!

WST GC1-1 thermal glue camera install in Brazil Geografica Editora based in Santo Andre, Brazil has purchased the first WST GC1-1 thermo camera in South America! PFP has just finished the installation on the Kolbus perfect binder KM473 equipped with a PUR and EVA glue roller system that now has…

New WST CAM4-60 Camera Control System

Introducing the new WST Cam 4-60 WST, a German based company was founded 1975 and is operating worldwide, manufacturing signature recognition systems and bindery quality control systems. The new designed high-resolution camera system WST Cam 4-60 is developed especially for gathering machines and saddle stitchers. It sets new standards in…

Kolbus KM 600 Perfect binding line install

Kolbus KM 600 Binding Line PFP sold and installed a Kolbus KM 600 binding line to a large printing house in LA. The machines, made in 2008, came from a bindery in Germany. PFP business partner in Germany added a reject gate on the gatherer and a complete conveyor system…

WST OBC Barcode 100% solution

Leading suppliers of signature recognition systems where invited with their technical solutions for an intensive test at a CPI facility in Germany. This test was done to show CPI in which direction they need to go to get the best results to improve the quality on all the binding equipment’s…

Muller Martini Acoro install in Argentina

PFP is going South of the Equator MM Acoro A7 Installation at Buenos Aires, Argentina. Print Finishing Partners and his German business partner PFSS has sold and installed a Muller Martini Acoro A7 binding line to a bindery in Buenos Aires, ARG. The technicians reported that the bindery in South…

KM 411 installation in Turkey

PFP and its German business partner PFSS has sold a Kolbus KM 411 Publica binding line to Turkey. The slow economy in our finishing industry here back home lets PFP look over the boarder for other country’s needs. With good website information and the right equipment’s on hand a customer…

Mike Petzold joins PFP

Print Finishing Partners, Sarasota, Florida, is proud to announce a new member to its service team. PFP President Volker Petzold, the exclusive agent in North America for WST GmbH, hires his son, Mike Petzold, as a service engineer. Mike’s knowledge in the print finishing industry goes back to 1995 when…

WST Barcode reader number 10,000

On December 12th 2007, Knut Krueger, WST VP International Sales, delivered the 10,000th OBC Barcode Reader sold to Heiko Heinemann, GGP Media, a division of the Mohn Media Group. The WST Barcode Signature Recognition System is in high demand in binderies all over the world. Binderies understand the value of…

WST builds new manufacturing facility

February 1st, 2008 was the first day of full production at WST’s new facility in Rahden, Germany. The exacting manufacturing standards needed to build WST’s sophisticated barcode equipment required a ‘clean room’ like those built for microchip manufacturers. The new facility is more efficient and allows the company to ramp…