Paper Handling Equipment (PHE) has been a leading name in the industry for more than 30 years, and is a trusted specialist when it comes to helping printers ensure a perfect finish.
The wholly Australian owned and operated business understands the needs of print service providers in Australia and the south pacific regions and, just as importantly, print finishing is their sole focus.
“It’s what we do and what we know,” says Rick Sambrooks, Managing Director of PHE, “and our ability to help printers complete their work with perfect presentation is why we’ve been around so long.”
PHE brings a wide range of solutions to the local market, including some of the biggest names in print finishing worldwide - Ausjetech (Dumor), iEcho, Nagel, Hohner, Superfax, Rhin’O’Tuff, GrafCut & Rynak.
“These brands allow us to provide the printing market with a comprehensive range of equipment to suit a variety of needs, applications, and budgets,” Sambrooks explains. “Whether it’s stapling, folding, multi-cut card cutter finishing, booklet making, jogging, flatbed finishing, binding, creasing, perforating, perfect binding, celloglazing, paper banding, storage…or so much more. If it’s finishing you’re looking for, we have the solution.”
Some new products recently added to the PHE range include, iEcho flatbed cutters, Ausjetech high production booklet makers and high production crease fold machines, Grafcut high production European guillotines, and Rynak digital perfect binders.
Grafcut G73H guillotine“iEcho flatbed cutters are not new technology in themselves, but we are now able to provide smaller and more affordable options for businesses," Sambrooks says.
"In the past, machines for flatbed cutting, creasing, kiss cutting and perforating, were large machines that required a huge amount of space and massive workload to justify the cost. Now, with the iEcho range, this technology is available in a size that enables your business to take on all the work in house.”
This new range can handle printed pieces up to 750 x 530mm in size and up to 6mm thick, and materials from digital paper, to self-adhesive vinyl, KT board, plastic sheet, corrugated plastic, PP Paper, Reflective material, ABS board, Foam board, grey Board, magnetic stickers – in fact, Sambrooks says the range is limited only by your imagination.
“This technology eliminates the need for dies and gives the power back to designers and their creative minds. Whatever your designer can imagine the iEcho can cut, kiss cut, crease, or perforate.
“So, it removes the additional cost of the die which the customer had to absorb on top of the printing and finishing, and the time and risk involved if the customer decides to change their designs, or if they have many different designs.
‘With the iEcho, there’s no need to send out work – simply create your design and the machine will do the rest. The cut, kiss cut and crease pattern is created using typical in-house design packages, and the file sent directly to the iEcho flatbed cutter.
“If the customer is not happy with the size or shape of the sample, no worries – just change the design and resubmit the file to the iEcho. It’s quick, easy and cost-effective,” Sambrooks points out.
While PHE has for many years concentrated on the small to medium Print Finishing market, the company is now moving into the larger production market for finishing in collaboration with Ausjetech.
“With a new range of crease/fold, booklet making and multi-cut production machines, PHE is here to help businesses grow,” Sambrooks says, pointing to the deep pile feeding and higher-speed machines that will allow work to be completed in one pass and with longer runs.
The new Ausjetech DCF33T booklet maker“The NEW Ausjetech DCF33T Booklet maker does all the work for you,” Sambrooks says. “With complete auto setup and a deep pile, two bin feeding system, along with an inline creasing unit, you can place your printed work into the feeders and the machine will crease the cover place it with the inner pages stitch fold and trim in one pass.”
Also on show will be Grafcut Guillotines, designed and manufactured in Poland, known worldwide for their quality and durability available in sizes 52 and 73cm Hydraulic and electric models available. They’ll be joined by the Ausjetech 9375BSC Supercut, which promises to make staff expert finishers in one pass.
“This machine offers cutting in both directions, creasing, and perforating in both directions in the one pass, as well as start stop perforation,” Sambrooks says. “Large sheet sizes expand business capabilities – so this machine will do the job whether it’s business cards, DL fliers, greeting cards, place cards, SRA3 to A4…whatever you need. Plus, it comes standard with double document detection, rejection bin for continuous workflow and many more features.”
Also promising to take businesses to the next level is the Ausjetech A375CKF production crease/fold machine. With a large sheet size providing greater versatility in-house, and a generous 500mm deep pile unit, this model features side lay units between each process, to ensure work is finished to the satisfaction of even the fussiest of customers.
Also on show will be the Rynak perfect binder range featuring enhancements including digital spine adjustments to produce either square or rounded book spines, a larger motor for increase production speeds, dual spine glue rollers and side cover glue rollers and nipping tool. Easy to use quick set up, Sambrooks says it’s a machine designed to allow easy production of small jobs with minimal fuss.
“PHE is continually exploring the world to identify the latest technologies in finishing to help improve the Australian market and keep local print service providers supplied not only with the best products, but solutions at the best possible prices.
“At PacPrint, visitors will be able to see that in action, with a wide range of solutions from binding systems, to paper drilling, stapling, folding, packaging, booklet making, collating, laminating and celloglazing…as well as all the consumables that accompany these items.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming visitors to the show, demonstrating our new products and talking to you about what we can do to help you build and improve your business.”
PHE will be on Stand A26 at PacPrint, immediately to the left of the main entrance into the show, which will co-locate with the Visual Impact Melbourne and the Label & Packaging Expo from 28 June to 1 July, 2022 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. For more information go to pacprint.com.au or click here to register.