IBIS Bindery Systems: Historic milestone events - from 0 to 1 billion books |
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| 2020 (Aug) | IBIS participate in the Napco 2020 'virtual' Ink Jet Summit | |
| 2019 (April) | IBIS's first sale of the Smart-binder system to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) | |
| 2018 (Sept) | IBIS launches the Smart-binder saddle-binder into the Korean market | |
| 2017 (Nov) | IBIS forms a new sales and service distribution partnership with Best Graphics Inc, USA. Best Graphics will focus on IBIS 'Smart-binder' sales to the Digital print market |  |
| 2017 (May) | IBIS nominated for 'Best Case Study - Publishing' at Inkjet Summit 2017 |
 PB-600R, PB-1200R, PB-2000J |
| 2015 (Dec) | New IBIS sheet-feeder SB-097 now allows in-line connected Smart-binders to also be fed from a sheet pile feeder | |
| 2015 (Oct) | New IBIS line up for in-line Perfect Binding (hot glue binding) - the Sprint-binder PB-600R, Sprint-binder PB-1200R and the Sprint-binder PB-2000J | |
| 2014 (Sept) | IBIS is awarded ‘top marks’ for exam booklet production, with around 30 Smart-binders producing stitched (or glued) and trimmed exam papers at customer locations all around the world. | |
| 2014 (May) | IBIS and Friedheim International sign UK distribution and support deal | |
| 2014 (May) | IBIS celebrates 15 years of supplying high-end book finishing solutions for digital print ! |  |
| 2014 (March) | IBIS exhibits a Smart-binder SB-3 ‘Plus HS’ on its own stand at IPEX in London. | |
| 2013 (Oct) | New version ‘stretched’ Smart-binder (‘X’ model) launched for tabloid size output, or two-up A5 portrait | |
| 2013 (Aug) | IBIS strengthens sales and support with new OEM partnerships | |
| 2013 (July) | IBIS launches a new higher-performance Smart-binder ‘PLUS HS’ for production of variable page-count, digitally printed booklets |  |
| 2012 (Dec) | More than a billion booklets have been made on IBIS digital -saddle-stitchers around the world | |
| 2012 (Sept) | IBIS celebrates the shipment of the 100th Smart-binder to a firm in Boston. IBIS continues to be the leading supplier of high-speed, variable page-count booklet systems to leading U.S. firms such as Principal Financial, Farmer's Insurance, Pearson, O'Neil Data Systems, Excellus, R.R. Donnelley, Lifetouch, and many more | |
| 2012 (June) | The first IBIS system with automatic on the run changeover between saddle-stitching and perfect binding is installed at a customer in Rome, Italy in-line with an Océ JetStream 2200 printer at 150 metres/min web speed. |  |
| 2012 (May) | Drupa , Germany: IBIS launches the higher performance Smart-binder ‘Plus’ saddle stitcher and the new 1,500 books/hour Sprintbinder 4-clamp perfect binder. |  |
| 2011 (May) | IBIS is granted a patent for its unique ISG saddle cold-glue system as used on the Smart-binder |  |
| 2009 (June) | IBIS celebrates its 10th birthday with an Open House and social events for staff and customers | |
| 2006 (May) | IPEX, UK : Xerox and Delphax show the Smartbinder SB-4 which can produce saddle-stitched, ISG glued and perfect-bound books all in one system. | |
| 2006 (July) | Toppan Forms, Tokyo places IBIS's largest-ever single order for multiple Smart-binder SB-3 systems |  |
| 2004 (May) | The new IBIS Smart-binder SB-3 digital saddle-stitcher is launched on the Océ, Kern & Xerox stands, featuring IBIS’s patented Individual Sheet Gluing (ISG) binding system. | |
| 2003 (June) | Following worldwide success with 40 Digi-stitchers installed with Oce printers worldwide, IBIS opens up sales channels to other printer manufacturers in addition to Océ. These include IBM and Xerox. |  |
| 2003 (April) | RR Donnelleys installs first Digistitcher in the USA in-line with Océ web printer | |
| 2001 (Sept) | IBIS moves into its new headquarters in High Wycombe UK. | |
| 2000 (May) | Drupa, Germany: The Digi-stitcher DST2 is launched to the world market at drupa in Düsseldorf. |  |
| 2000 (April) | The first IBIS 'Digi-stitcher' (the world’s first high speed in-line digital saddle-stitcher) is installed at The Stationery Office, London, to make stitched documents in-line with an Océ high speed web printer. This system produces ‘The London Gazette’ and other documents for the UK government. | |
| 1999 (Oct) | IBIS signup to an exclusive sales contract agreed with Océ Printing Systems, Munich. |  |
| 1999 (May) | John Cracknell, Mark Firth and Malcolm Allitt form IBIS Integrated Bindery Systems. The new IBIS engineering team design its first in-line digital-finishing product. | |
