Currie Group brings Horizon’s latest perfect binder to Blue Star.

Courtesy of New Zealand Printer

New Zealand's largest commercial printer has recently installed a Horizon iCE BQ-500 Perfect Binder and Horizon HT-300 Three-Side Trimmer at its new site in Swanson, Auckland.

The company arrived at its decision to purchase the Horizon finishing equipment from Currie Group after considering several options. Allen Masterson, operations manager at Blue Star, says, “From the outset, Blue Star was keen to explore updating our existing binding equipment, as a priority, at our new expanded site in Swanson.

“With an established high-volume, high-speed binding capability in our busy commercial bindery, there was an opportunity to support our busy and growing digital channel with new technology.

“We considered a number of available options for a small footprint binding line that could comfortably handle run lengths of medium to long runs. Blue Star made the decision to purchase the BQ-500 perfect binder and the HT-300 trimmer because this system offered ease of use, quick makeready times, and produced a great quality product.”

Currie Group introduced the Horizon iCE BQ-500 Perfect Binder to the local market at PacPrint 2022. At drupa 2024, Craig Paul, country manager for Currie Group New Zealand, demonstrated the binder to Blue Star staff.

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