What an MDF Box Machine Actually Does An MDF box machine forms rigid lid-and-base boxes from hard board—greyboard or chipboard, commonly called MDF board in packaging—and wraps them with tissue in a single automated pass. These boxes are the workhorses of premium packaging: cigar boxes, wine boxes, jewelry boxes, watch boxes,...
A €540 Million Bet on Digital's Momentum On September 28, Electronics for Imaging (EFI) and Agfa-Gevaert announced a definitive agreement to combine Agfa's Digital Printing Solutions business (Agfa DPS) with EFI. An affiliate of Siris will hold a 60% stake, with Agfa retaining 40%, creating an industrial inkjet business expected to...
What Jelly Glue Is—and Why It Needs Constant Viscosity Jelly glue is the gel-form, protein-based adhesive used across premium packaging and bookbinding. Unlike a water-based cold glue or a synthetic hot melt, jelly glue must be held at a precise temperature and continuously agitated to stay workable. Warm it too little...
The Shift From Machines to Systems For years, book manufacturers have grown by adding machines: another binder, another gatherer, another trimming line. The industry is now asking a different question—what happens when those investments are connected into a predictable production system instead of a collection of individual assets? For Pallippuram Sajith, managing...
What an Edge Gilding Machine Does An edge gilding machine applies metallic foil—gold, silver, copper, or holographic—to the edges of books, notebooks, photo albums, or rigid boxes. The result is a reflective, mirror-polish edge that turns a commodity print product into a high-margin premium item, whether it is a collector Bible,...
A World-First Automated Finishing Configuration Plockmatic Group will stage the first public demonstration anywhere in the world of the ColorCut FB15000TO Pro configured with a new large-capacity feeder, creating a fully automated production finishing system for luxury packaging, labels, point-of-sale displays and folding carton. The debut headlines the group's stand at...
What Is a 2-in-1 Rigid Box and Hard Cover Machine? A 2-in-1 rigid box and hard cover machine is a single platform that produces both hard covers—for books, albums, and diaries—and rigid boxes, such as drawer, lid-base, and tray styles. Instead of buying a dedicated case maker and a separate rigid...
Built for Book-of-One and Short Runs Muller Martini has introduced the Separo Pro, a destacker designed to automate the separation of pre-glued or thread-sewn book blocks for softcover and hardcover production. The system is aimed squarely at book-of-one and short-run environments, where changing book block thicknesses and formats used to force...
What Is a Cold Glue Machine? A cold glue machine applies water-based adhesive to paper, board, or wrapping material at ambient temperature—no heating element, no warm-up cycle, and no burn hazard. In packaging and post-press work, it is the coating station that lays down glue before a sheet is mounted to...
The Headline Numbers PMMI's 2026 Packaging State of the Industry Report puts the U.S. packaging machinery market at an estimated $11.7 billion in shipment value for 2025. Food remains the dominant end market at roughly 44% of the total, with food machinery shipments alone estimated at $5.1 billion in 2025 and...
