Samir Graba (right), founder and managing director of Société Imprimerie Beta (SIB), and Jules Dietz, Muller Martini sales manager for Africa, close the deal on the second Acoro A7 binder in four years at the Felben plant of Muller Martini Bookbinding Systems.

"On the one hand, more and more local customers are turning to us, which has led to a considerable rise in our production figures over the last few years," explains company founder and managing director Samir Graba. "On the other hand, our export quota is rising constantly. It is currently at 50% and the trend is set to rise even further."

On peak days – especially during the text book season – SIB produces over 100,000 books a day. This is why the company, which was founded in 1990, decided to acquire a second Muller Martini binder set to be commissioned this April. According to Samir Graba, the company opted for the Acoro A7 with an 18-station gathering machine, Merit three-knife trimmer and CB 16 counter stacker, "because we had seen such good results from the first Acoro line. Since having it, our production has become considerably more efficient and flexible."
Flexibility and product quality are what makes the Acoro A7 an economically advantageous production factor in any mid-size bindery. The binder's high level of automation makes for lucrative production of short and medium runs. The Acoro A7 sets itself apart with high binding quality, a high level of automation as well as fast setup and changeover. Production data is input either directly at the central commander using the touch screen or via a production planning PC connection. The commander control enables jobs to be reproduced and saves precision adjustments that are set throughout the course of production.