Welbound to focus on solutions for adhesive binding at Pamex 2011

Welbound Worldwide, the manufacturer of post-press equipment will showcase unique solutions for adhesive binding which comprises of hotmelts, water-based and PUR and saddle stitching at Pamex stall from 1-4 November at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

P Sajith of Welbound Worldwide, said: "In addition to the machines and technology, our focus will be on offering our services for technical consulting in the field of bookbinding. Pamex will also serve as a platform to meet the delegates for the first National Book Printer’s Conference."

Recently Welbound installed a Robatech PUR applicator on Kolbus perfect binder at Pragati Offset. The installation is a part of Welbound’s strategy to work closely with publishers and printers in order to make them adapt the new technology, easily.

At PrintPack 2011, Welbound had launched India’s first, high speed, PUR perfect binder, the WB3600-PUR 12 clamp offline perfect binder and also launched the book - Bookbinding with Adhesives by Tony Clark, considered to be the best reference guide on adhesive binding.

Sajith said: "In Bookbinding with Adhesives, Clark has explained the basics of adhesives bookbinding and has also described the tends in technology. This book has covered everything that an operators needs to know – paper grain-direction, poor signature handling, spine preparations, one and two shot applications, book testing and best of all, 26 pages of fault finding illustrations and description."

Established in 1989, Welbound Worldwide manufactures various machines that complete the post-press cycle from paper folding machines to three knife trimmers. Together with its partners, the group delivers technology that converts the printed information into a well bound book.