Finishing & Screen Printing

A Cut Above: Art Bindery Upgrades with Latest POLAR Technology

Wednesday 11. February 2009 - Art Bindery in Birmingham, Ala. has purchased a new POLAR 137 XT cutter from Heidelberg to replace an existing POLAR cutting system that was more than 20 years old.

“We now have four POLAR cutters running full-time,” said Vice President Dale Schaefer. “We chose the POLAR 137 XT with Autotrim so that we wouldn’t have to worry about waste removal, which was a big problem for us.” A large part Art Bindery’s business is cutting magnets, which would stick to the magnetic metal of the cutters and cause a build-up of waste. “We spent a lot of time cleaning up waste from the magnets,” Schaefer said. “With our new POLAR, waste is removed automatically, saving our operators valuable time and increasing our productivity. This is our second POLAR cutter with Autotrim, and I can’t imagine using anything else,” he affirmed. With 30 employees, Art Bindery provides finishing services to a variety of local customers.