by DPS Magazine Staff
The future of digital print technologies is propelled by innovations in finishing and workflow. This Spring, Standard Finishing Systems showcased its latest solutions at its annual VIP customer event. The annual Finishing 360 event was held at Standard’s National Demonstration Center in Andover, MA.
Taking place over two days—May 21 and May 22, 2025—visitors saw a lineup of automated Horizon and Hunkeler solutions, networked with peers, and gained finishing expertise from industry specialists.
Featured Solutions
The main draw of the event was the North American premiere of the Horizon BBS-56 Book Block Solution, a plow fold book block-making system designed for short- to medium-run production. It can be fully integrated with a Horizon perfect binder and trimmer for a complete roll-to-perfect bound book solution operating at speeds of up to 800 books per hour.Each selection of the system, from unwinding and plow folding to cutting, gluing, and stacking, with delivery to the BQ-500 Perfect Binder and HT-1000V Trimmer was demonstrated live.
Also among its range of book binding solutions, Horizon’s newest perfect binder, the BQ-300 was showcased. The device features enhanced automation and built-in, user-friendly features to enable efficiently produced, professional quality books.
Also shown, the Horizon SPF-200 Bookletmaker, which folds, stitches, hole punches, and trims booklets in one system at up to 4,700 cycles per hour.
Highlighting the power of a Hunkeler/Horizon Integrated Solution, the Roll-to-Booklet solution was demonstrated, featuring Hunkeler’s Gen8 unwinding and cutting modules integrated with the digital, high-speed Horizon StitchLiner Mark V Saddlestitcher to deliver finished books from a roll.
The Hunkeler Roll-Fed Finishing solution Roll-to-Cut/Stack configuration was shown producing straight and fully separated offset stacks from one- to four-up, delivering full-bleed products as small as 5.5 by four inches.
Further demonstrating automation and efficient workflows, several Horizon systems were connected to iCE LiNK, Horizon’s cloud-based bindery control system.
Full Circle
Finishing 360 featured personalized group demonstrations as well as highlighted Standard’s pre-owned equipment and service programs, showing print professionals how to succeed with the latest technology breakthroughs in print finishing.
Jul2025, DPS Magazine
