Hall 13-B35

HORIZON INTERNATIONAL was established more than 50 years ago in Kyoto and is now Japan’s leading manufacturer of professional bindery solutions for the office, inplant, on-demand, commercial and specialist finishing sectors. Products cover every major bindery discipline including cutting, folding, stitching and perfect binding, in formats from tabletop machines to high extent high volume systems. Its main 150,000m2 plant is the world’s largest facility for the production of finishing equipment and includes some of the most advanced automated flexible manufacturing lines in the world. Recent innovations include the application of the latest CCD and barcoding technology for product verification and customisation and integration with JDF command and control workflows through Horizon’s unique i2i technology.

Horizon's 1,200m2 stand is their biggest ever Drupa showing and among the largest areas for dedicated finishing equipment manufacturers at the 2008 event. Horizon is showing important product developments in every key area of the bindery with the theme:

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 1,200m2 OF BINDERY INNOVATION

Live presentations will demonstrate the simplicity of set up and ease of operation which Horizon's icon-based touchscreens and intuitive software bring to complex production processes.

Folding - among 15 folding systems on demonstration are: a new 'SR' version of the B3 EF-35 series featuring combination steel and rubber compound rollers; two configurations of the new AF-406 pharmaceutical folder; a prototype buckle/buckle version of its fully-automated 6-plate B2 folding system and a version of the automated AFC-744 B1 machine with 'above and below' CCD image recognition systems for secure production of 16-page sections.

Saddlestitching - three configurations of the award-winning StitchLiner will be on show demonstrating the HOF high-speed sheet/set feeder for digitally printed work, the VAC-Turbo PowerCollating line with CCD image recognition systems at every station and other new optional quality assurance and integrity systems, including: page-to-page registration checker, thickness detectors at the trimmer and faulty set ejection; A MAJOR NEW DEVELOPMENT is the first showing WORLDWIDE of a new long-edge feeding system which works on-line with the StitchLiner to offer more stable operation on awkward materials - in particular, on thinner stocks.

Bookletmaking - three configurations of the new generation JDF-ready automated SPF-200A stitch/fold/trim line are on demonstration including models with HOF high speed sheet/set feeder for digitally printed work and barcode systems for product integrity verification.

Perfect Binding - six perfect binding systems are on demonstration including the latest version of the top-selling (more than 120 installed in the UK alone) Jdf-ready fully automated BQ-270 with new high profile colour touchscreen, the new 4-clamp BQ-470jdf with PUR glue option and CABS500jdf computer-aided binding system.

Case Binding - a new run-of-one case making and casing-in high quality hard back book production system capable of A4 landscape as well as A4 portrait is showing and will be of particular interest to those wishing to target the growing photographic presentation sector.