Hunkeler’s ability to supply solutions to the majority of print and paper processing problems stems from the partnerships it has formed with a multitude of the industry’s internationally acclaimed and leading specialist companies, which has resulted in the development of an extensive variety of state-of-the-art solutions designed to meet the highest performance standards.

Due to its many partnership arrangements Hunkeler is one of the few companies that is able to react quickly to rapid changing worldwide market requirements, and this results in unique product solutions that have their own individual development history and performance characteristics.  One of the latest developments to be introduced onto the market is the POPP6 Generation.  POPP stands for Printer Online Paper Processing and this offers a wide range of benefits including:

-- Processing speeds of over 200 metres per minute
-- Enormous flexibility: from lightweight to heavyweight papers up to 300 gsm
-- Extremely short change-over times to new jobs
-- Highest out quality: no damage to new jobs
-- Minimal waste
-- Low service costs due to the use of numerous maintenance-free or low maintenance
   components
-- Modular configuration, thereby easily extendable depending on requirements

Whether focussed on pre- and post-digital printing solutions, or web finishing solutions, Hunkeler offers an extensive selection of modules to handle specific production and processing functions.  These include:

Pre- & Post-Digital Printing  

Unwind & Rewind Modules
Cutting Modules
Perforating Modules
Folding Modules
Stacking Modules
Merging Modules
Web Buffer & Web Turn Modules
Sheet Feeder Modules

Each of the above modules can be utilised in many different applications such as Print on Demand (POD), Transactional printing, Direct Mail printing of all types, plus Special printing requirements.

Web Finishing

Unwind & Rewind Modules
Application Modules
Cutting Modules
Die-cut Modules
Folding Modules
Gluing & Drying Modules
Universal Modules

These modules can be used for both web finishing and general print finishing, and covers numerous end product applications including newspapers, magazines, books and binding operations, RFID, labels, plastic cards, envelopes, mailings and response cards.

Another recently introduced innovation from Hunkeler is Huncolor, which is being hailed as ‘The one brand for every requirement’!  This statement refers to the fact that the user is now presented with so many choices: black and white or CMYK?  Lightweight or heavyweight paper?  Roll to roll, roll to fan-fold or roll to stack?  In-line or off-line?  With the Huncolor modules and their many innovative and impressive performance features, there is now always a solution that provides improved quality, more flexibility and a greater, safer return on your investment.

Although the majority of Hunkeler’s products combine with other equipment to create complete process or production lines, one of its stand-alone items is the VEA 520 automatic sheet end gluer.  This is a general-purpose machine designed for the inside and outside gluing of cut sheets into another sheet-fed material, and is particularly suited to specific gluing applications in the production of greetings cards, photograph mounts, postcards and numerous types of direct mailings.  In operation the VEA 520 is quick and easy to set up from one job to another, and requires very little maintenance.  Besides being safe to use and accurate in its gluing operation, the machine also offers both cold gluing and hot-melt gluing and, depending on the type of materials being used, can produce up to 8,400 products per hour.