Autobond Limited Press releases

Australian commercial printer Emerald Press in Castle Hill, New South Wales, has transformed its finishing department following the installation of an Autobond Mini 52 TP laminator.  The sheet-fed printer, which operates several multi-colour offset and digital presses, was spending around $15,000 every month to have work laminated at local trade houses.

Autobond is demonstrating four sheet-fed laminators throughout the exhibition and this includes a Mini 76 TPH running in-line to a new spot UV coating unit.  Autobond is pioneering the use of inkjet printed, variable spot UV varnish in-line with matt lamination, which it believes is one of the major breakthroughs in post press technology at Ipex 2010.

Autobond was formed in 1978 by George Gilmore and the company is still a family run business, with the third Gilmore generation working at its plant in Derbyshire, UK and Connecticut in the USA.  Autobond’s history is littered with ‘industry firsts’ as it has pushed forward the boundaries of laminating technology, so that now it leads the world in this field.  In addition to designing, building and installing laminators, the company is a major importer and exporter of thermal and water-based film and a key manufacturer of water-based adhesives for use with laminators of any make.

UK manufacturer Autobond decided to demonstrate the build quality of its laminators by sending a dozen burly engineers to stand on a Mini 76 TPH for a photo shoot at a local printer. Autobond will show several new laminators at Ipex (Hall 19 Stand D780 and D790)

Stands 19 D780 and 19 D790 UK manufacturer Autobond is planning a technology demonstration at Ipex 2010 that could have implications far beyond the laminating process, an area in which it is now a world leader. Autobond hopes to show a Mini sheet-fed laminator with the ability to inkjet print a spot UV, LED curable varnish in-line on top of matt film, as managing director John Gilmore explains.

UK manufacturer Autobond is continuing to strengthen its worldwide sales, service and support with the appointment of a new distributor in Russia, which has been a growing market for high-quality, sheet-fed laminators in recent years.

UK manufacturer Autobond has strengthened its sales, service and support in Greece with the appointment of NCA Hellas in Athens, which provides a wide range of finishing equipment to sheet-fed printers throughout the country.

Pollard Boxes in Leicester is now the proud owner of one of Europe's most highly productive sheet-fed laminators following the delivery in October of an Autobond 105 CTP, a 105 x 76 cm sized, triple-purpose in-line water-based/thermal machine. It has the ability to laminate at the speed of many sheet-fed print presses. Pollard Boxes is a leading design and manufacturing business in the packaging solutions field.

An Autobond Mini Digital 36 T is playing a major role in the recently launched US operations of London printer moo.com. MOO specialises in the production of laminated business cards, post cards and greetings cards as Brian Murphy, VP of Operations for moo.com, explains.

The new Autobond Mini 105 TH laminator at Nottingham's Phoenix Print Finishing has just completed a very successful first week in production, handling a variety of work efficiently and quickly, as managing director Graham Masters explains.