HORIZON INTERNATIONAL was established by Mr Hachiro Hori 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.

Horizon’s main 150,000m2 plant on the shore of Lake Biwa, near Kyoto, 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. Horizon accounts for more than 87% of all sales of collators, cutters, folders and binders to Japan’s graphic arts industry and is the global market-leader in the development and sales of automated finishing systems. 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.