Tower Collator supports finishing-on-demand booklet making.
Press Release Summary:
Utilizing suction paper transport system and gear-drive system, BST-e Suction Tower Collator feeds offset or digital printed material in sheet sizes up to 14.5 x 23.5 in. into Bourg BME Booklet Maker. System is controlled entirely through color touchscreen operator console of booklet maker. Paper pile height in each of 10 pockets accommodates 3 in. stack of paper stock from 60-350 gsm. For optimal paper feeding, up to 5 BST-e towers can be linked together.
Original Press Release:
C.P. Bourg Unveils New-Technology Large-Format Tower Collator
-- Bourg BST-e Suction Tower Collator operates with the Bourg BME Booklet Maker to support "finishing on demand" from traditional and digital workflows.
-- C.P. Bourg reports the sale of the first BST-e collator in North America - the BST-BME system from the PRINT 09 show floor - to a Canadian commercial printer.
PRINT 09 Chicago; September 14, 2009 -- C.P. Bourg, the world's leading technology developer and supplier of in-line and near-line document feeding, binding and finishing equipment for the broad spectrum of traditional and digital printing environments, has launched the Bourg BST-e Suction Tower Collator, the printing industry's first large-format tower collator able to support "finishing on demand" booklet making from both traditional and digital workflows, here at PRINT 09.
At the same time, the company reported the sale of the Bourg BST-e-based booklet-making system being shown in its booth (# 3400) here at PRINT 09 - the first in North America - to Allan Graphics Ltd., a full-service commercial printer based in Kingston, Ontario.
The Bourg BST-e is a new-generation tower collator designed to feed offset or digital printed material in sheet sizes up to 14.5 x 23.5 inches (370 x 600 mm) into the company's award-winning Bourg BME Booklet Maker, an advanced stitch-fold-trim finisher able to match the full size of the Xerox iGen - the largest digital press available today.
The Bourg BST-e relies on a C.P. Bourg-innovated suction paper transport system and a new gear-drive system that matches perfectly the BST-e operation to the Bourg BME Booklet Maker. It is controlled entirely through the color touchscreen operator console of the Bourg BME - a significant modification that results in fewer electronics in the collator while giving the BME operator total control of the finishing process through one component.
Paper pile height in each of the ten pockets in the BST-e is 66% higher to accommodate 3-inch stacks of paper stock from 60 gsm to 350 gsm. Up to five BST-e towers can be linked together to create a paper-feeding system that offers its user a high degree of flexibility.
"By accommodating traditional, digital or hybrid workflows, the new Bourg BST-e tower collator makes it possible for printers with any type of workflow to benefit from large-format, on-demand stitch-fold-trim booklet making," said Richard Trapilo, EVP and General Manager of C.P. Bourg Inc.
C.P. Bourg - The Print Finishing Experts For nearly 50 years, C.P. Bourg has designed and delivered innovative binding and finishing solutions to meet the needs of the global printing and finishing industry. C.P. Bourg's reputation - as the world's leading technology developer and supplier of in-line and near-line document feeding, binding and finishing equipment for the broad spectrum of traditional and digital printing environments - is built on a history of Mr. Christian Pierre Bourg's achievement and continuous commitment to quality, innovation and efficiency. This commitment has led to privileged relationships with numerous digital print suppliers, and with tens of thousands of customers worldwide who rely on C.P. Bourg equipment to turn print on paper into quality finished products.
An award-winning supplier and Xerox Business Partner since 1989, C.P. Bourg most recently was named as the Xerox Overall Finishing Business Partner of the Year for 2008 for the fifth consecutive year, and as the Xerox Monochrome Finishing Business Partner of the Year for 2008. The company won a prestigious Prix Wallonie à l'Exportation award for outstanding performance from the Walloon Region (Belgium) Export Agency 2006-2008. C.P. Bourg also took top honors at ON DEMAND Expo 2009, winning the "Best of Show" award in the "Binding, Finishing and Mailing Equipment" category for its new Bourg BME Booklet Maker. For more information, visit www.cpbourg.com.
