E&M Bindery & Finishing Is First U.S. Company to Install Rilecart DP-4500
Leading Finishing Company Adds Inline Fully Automatic Wire-O™ Binding Machine

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The Rilecart DP-4500 is the fastest inline fully automatic punching and binding machine on the market.

Clifton, NJ – E&M Bindery & Finishing, a complete bookbinding and print finishing services company, proudly announces it recently became the first U.S. Company to install an inline, fully automatic punching and wire-o book-binding Rilecart DP-4500 line.

This state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line Rilecart flagship machine is considered the best and most advanced in the industry. With 46 years of mechanical binding experience and seven other Wire-O machines on their floor, Russell Starling, General Manager for E&M, states that this new addition has most certainly raised the bar a notch or two.

“E&M is the largest Wire-O user that I know of among trade binders,” said Scott Kurant, wire division Sales Manager for industry leading Spiral Binding Co. in Totowa, NJ. Mr. Kurant handles accounts for many of the nation’s largest binderies.

Widely regarded as the fastest and most user-friendly fully automatic punching and binding machine on the market, the Rilecart DP-4500 quickly transforms loose sheets of paper and covers into beautiful finished books. The DP-4500 divides collated book blocks as necessary, punches each stack, re-collates the stacks along with the covers and automatically transfers them to the binding station where the Wire-O elements fed from a spool are inserted and closed in perfect shape. The machine is capable of punching and binding up to 3,500 books an hour.

If the book block is no thicker than 5mm thick, the DP-4500 can punch and bind at top speed. An advantage of this machine is that book blocks requiring splits can have portions pre-punched, allowing the machine to maintain near-top running speeds.

“This enables E&M to get the job back to our customer faster than before because we can typically reduce our workflow by one to two steps,” said Gary Markovits, President of E&M Bindery & Finishing. “We now go straight from our die cutting or other finishing departments to collation knowing we only have one more process because the DP-4500 can complete the job in one pass.”

A unique benefit of the DP-4500 is that it can automatically punch and bind text with tabs and oversized covers at the head, foot, face or all three. “Before this machine, these types of jobs were a bear,” said Steve Schechtman, E&M Bindery Sales Manager. “Before, we’d have to hand-position covers on open Wire-O loops, which greatly reduced production speed.”

Schechtman paused before adding, “Tri-state, Mid-Atlantic and all East Coast Wire-O customers are in for a treat.”

The Rilecart DP-4500 can insert and close Wire-O up to one-inch in diameter. It also “skip” binds, which is an attractive binding style noted for “missing” loops along the spine. Installed in mid-March 2008, the DP-4500 has already paid dividends for E&M, which recently turned around an 180,000 piece Wire-O book project with dual over size pocket covers in fewer than ten days. “Prior to the Rilecart installation, this is the type of job that would have tied up a lot of our production resources,” said Markovits. “We were delighted to deliver the product to our happy customer.”

About E&M Bindery & Finishing
With a production staff of more than 140 employees on three shifts, E&M Bindery, Inc. offers a complete range of finishing and binding services. Located in convenient Clifton, NJ, E&M Bindery serves the mechanical binding, perfect binding, die cutting, folding, tipping, stitching gluing and other post press needs of East Coast Printers including the Tri-state, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Although E&M Bindery is staffed and equipped to handle the binding and finishing of the largest commercial printers, the company is equally suited to serving smaller printers as well. There is no quantity too small or too large for their capacity.

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E & M BINDERY & FINISHING ANNOUNCES ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFICATION

Mid-Atlantic Finisher Recognized for Quality by International Standards Organization

E & M Bindery & Finishing, Inc. of Clifton, NJ, a complete bookbinding and print finishing services company, has become an ISO 9001:2000 certified manufacturing facility. E & M achieved certification by meeting and exceeding criteria established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for production management, sustainable processes and internal quality control.

The ISO 9001:2000 Certification process took one year to complete and was performed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), an internationally renowned registrar. E & M Bindery & Finishing, Inc. was officially recognized with the ISO 9001:2000 distinction on May 12, 2005.

ISO criteria are regularly updated, and in 2000, the program was revamped to place greater emphasis on continual quality improvement. As part of ISO 9001:2000 certification, E & M established thorough documentation of projects and processes as well as plans for future quality enhancements.

According to Gary Markovits, President of E & M Bindery & Finishing, Inc., achieving the goal of ISO certification is a testament to the company’s commitment to quality and total customer satisfaction.

“ISO certification represents a pledge to our customers that their satisfaction in the quality of their products will always be our primary consideration,” said Markovits. “The commitment of our factory, office and management teams, has enabled E & M to establish quality standards other companies have not reached. Achieving ISO 9001:2000 certification represents not only a commitment to quality today, but for the future as well.”

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Clifton, NJ – E&M Bindery proudly announces that it has purchased the assets of S & F Die Cutting Co., Inc. Included in the transaction were three automatic Bobst die presses which can handle a sheet size of up to 36" x 49", high speed folding & gluing and laminating equipment.

"For several years, our customers have asked us to offer die cutting and folding/gluing services," said Gary Markovits, President, E & M Bindery. "This purchase allows our graphic arts community a convenient, single source finishing and binding solution."

In addition to die cutting, automatic folding/gluing and laminating, the company also is offering foil stamping, embossing and debossing services. E & M Bindery is able to finish products as diverse as presentation folders (nearly any size and shape), media kits, dimensional audio/video boxes and mailers, CD and computer disk mailers and folders, video cassette sleeves, slip cases, counter cards, micro perfing and more.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR206, February 27, 2003
Contact: Gary Markovits, President
Toll-free 1-800-7EM-BIND
E-mail: gary@embindery.com

E & M BINDERY BRINGS IN NEW PLANT MANAGER

Russell Starling Brings Two Decades Of Experience To Trade Bindery

Clifton, NJ – E&M Bindery proudly announces that it has hired Russell Starling as Plant Manager. Starling brings more than twenty years of bindery and print management experience to his new position.

"E&M Bindery has a reputation for providing outstanding quality and innovative solutions that help customers win more business," said Starling. "I’m looking forward to making sure that production excellence and helpful communication with clients continue to be hallmarks of E&M Bindery."

Prior to joining E&M Bindery, Starling was Plant Manager at New Providence, NJ-based Scott Printing, where he oversaw the company’s full range of production - prep, press and bindery. Starling has also been Plant Manager at Remco Bindery, based in Jersey City, New Jersey; and Sendor Bindery, located in New York City.

"We’re delighted to bring someone with Russell’s experience and ‘can-do’ attitude to E&M Bindery," said Gary Markovits, President. "He’s enthusiastic about maintaining our reputation for outstanding production quality. And, like everyone at E&M Bindery, he’s aggressive when it comes to giving customers the best quality and service possible.

"I think our customers are going to be very happy with the quality of their products under Russell’s guidance."