SCREEN and IBIS Integrated Bindery Systems will unveil their latest innovations in digital printing and finishing for end-to-end production workflows driving production efficiency at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2025.
Lucerne, Switzerland – SCREEN Europe and IBIS Integrated Bindery Systems are set to showcase their latest partnership-driven innovations for secure exam booklet production and the new IBIS Smart-Label binder at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2025.
This collaboration highlights ground-breaking advancements in workflow security, traceability, and finishing, combining SCREEN’s expertise in digital inkjet technology with IBIS’s pioneering finishing solutions to support businesses seeking meet the rigorous demands of examination booklet, pharmaceutical labels, and other commercial print production.
Truepress JET and the New IBIS Smart-Label binder at HID 2025
The new IBIS Smart Label-binder at the SCREEN booth will be demonstrating live production of label booklets from 45gsm printed rolls. This next step in this ongoing partnership between SCREEN and IBIS brings a new level of productivity to the fast-growing market of Extended Content Labels (ECLs) for the Pharmaceutical and Agro-Chemical industries.
“The Smart Label-binder’s innovative glue-binding technology offers a sustainable and reliable alternative to wire stitching and is essential for most ECL production, perfectly complementing the capabilities of SCREEN’s digital inkjet presses,” said John Cracknell, Managing Director at IBIS Integrated Bindery Systems.
“While 95% of ECL production is still handled by traditional lithographic printing, digital printing workflows are rapidly becoming a driving factor for this market,” continued Cracknell, “The Smart Label-binder’s ability to handle very lightweight stocks together with its patented cold-glue binding technology, integrity controls and optional laser-cut ‘tabbing’ makes it a world-leading finishing solution for ECL production.
This new solution synergises well with Truepress JET digital inkjet printing, where shorter timelines and enhanced precision are required as traditional lithographic workflows for this application often struggle with lengthy setup times, numerous separate manual processes and inconsistent quality.
Meanwhile, SCREEN ink formulation innovations enables faster, high-quality printing onto thin papers common for this application. Truepress SC+ Inks allow flawless inkjet printing on 40 gsm papers or direct inkjet printing unto offset coated substrates all in a single package. Meanwhile, advanced printing technology deployed in presses like the New Truepress JET 520NX AD such as reliable and fast web handling for delicate papers without breakages and NIR drying to minimise static build-up, further enhance printing on thin papers common for this application.
Bringing Digital Printing to Examination Booklet Production
IBIS Integrated Bindery Systems has traditionally been at the forefront of examination booklet applications, where ensuring workflow security and 100% booklet integrity is paramount. In this high-stakes sector, every page must have a unique identifier to guarantee accuracy, maintain the correct page order, and ensure regulatory compliance.
SCREEN’s EQUIOS workflow software is uniquely suited to meet these stringent demands with advanced data management and traceability ensure 100% secure data handling, safely managing sensitive student information. Each print job includes a detailed digital record of every page for unparalleled transparency, critical for regulatory compliance and quality assurance.
Together, SCREEN and IBIS technologies have been thoroughly integrated to bring an efficient and reliable end-to-end production package to this application, setting a new benchmark for security and precision for examination booklets.
Join SCREEN and IBIS Bindery Systems at HID 2025
Discover the future of booklet production and other revolutionary solutions from SCREEN at Hunkeler Innovationdays 2025, including the Truepress JET 560HDX integrated with Hunkeler’s CS8 Roll-to-Stack solution for publishing and transactional printing, and the Truepress JET 520NX AD offering unmatched reliability and efficiency for personalised direct mail applications.
These cutting-edge technologies demonstrate SCREEN’s commitment to delivering seamless end-to-end connectivity across digital workflows.
Plan your visit and learn more: SCREEN at HID 2025 & IBIS at HID2025
About IBIS
During the last 25 years IBIS Integrated Bindery Systems Ltd. (High Wycombe, UK) has become a leading supplier worldwide of Digital Print finishing solutions as a result of its state-of-the-art engineering design skills and extensive experience of booklet finishing. Today hundreds of IBIS systems are in operation at many top-name printing companies across four continents.
The IBIS ‘Smart-binder’ range, including the new ‘Smart Label-binder’, may be fed directly from a high speed digital web printers, roll unwinder or from a sheet feeder and includes patented ‘ISG’ cold glue binding as an alternative to conventional wire stitching
IBIS specializes in providing complex customized solutions using its own equipment together with best-in-class equipment from other manufacturers (integrated together to meet all end-user requirements). IBIS continues to invest in new product development to remain at the forefront of digital print-finishing equipment supply.
IBIS UK: Colin Harding, Shaw Communications
T: + 44 7730 435400
E: colin.harding@shawcommunications.co.uk
