Lay-flat solution by Unibind. At the International Symposium on Technologies for Digital Photo Fulfillment (TDPF)

1. September 16th, 2016
Brigitte Peleman - Vantieghem
Luc Augustinus
www.peleman.com

2. MISSION STATEMENT
▴Innovative company
▴Provide customer friendly
premium products and services
▴Contribute to improving
communication between people

3. GOAL
▴Family company
▴Recognized as world leader
in printed presentations
▴Encourage professional
development of our
employees and business
partners

4. VALUES
▴Our main values are
▴Fairness
▴Integrity
▴Loyalty
▴Accountability
▴Respect for all humans
and the environment

5. CHAIRMAN’S VISION
▴Exceed customer
expectations at every
opportunity
▴Improve our products and
bring new patented
solutions to the market
▴Bet the most progressive
binding and presentation
solutions company in the
world Mr. G. Peleman – Chairman and Founder

6. CORPORATE PROFILE
▴Worldwide presence
▴Over 120 countries
▴Revolutionary binding systems
▴Complete range of customizing tools and accessories
for all presentation needs
▴Market leader
▴Over 1 billion covers and 1 million machines sold
▴Both office and photo applications

7. CORPORATE PROFILE
▴Eco-friendly
▴All products are made with up to 70% recycled
materials and produced with close to 100%
natural wind

8. WORLDWIDE PRESENCE

9. MORE THEN 1 MILLION OFFICE CUSTOMERS
MORE THEN 1 BILLION COVERS SOLD
▴Main markets
▴Real estate
▴Financial and management services
▴Education
▴Government

10. MORE THEN 30 MILLION SOLD - PHOTO
▴Print partners
▴Retailers
▴Shelf

11. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
▴Evolution in ‘digital printed photobooks’:
▴Traditional photo albums
▴Linen covers and glossy pages only
▴Gold print and window covers
▴Full color covers and
variety of paper types
▴Lay-Flat photobooks
2016-2005

12. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
1. Single sided printing
▴Pictures are printed on one side
▴Sheets are folded in two
▴Sheets are glued back to back with glue sheets
▴best result with cold, pressure activated glue

13. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
▴Spine of the book block is glued and gets gauze
tape
▴Book block is bound into the cover with glue sheet
▴When opening the book, the block comes out of
the spine

14. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
1. Single sided printing
▴Photo spreads over entire book width
▴Lay-flat without any gutter
▴Ideal for one-off copies
in high-end market

15. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
2. Double sided printing
▴Pictures are printed on both sides
▴Single sheets are bound together and bound in
cover

16. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
2. Double sided printing
A. Book block casing-in the front & back
of the cover
▴ Book block is bound: sewing – glue (PUR)
▴ Book block is glued in the case (face-off sheets)

17. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
2. Double sided printing
A. Book block casing-in the front & back
of the cover
▴Creates lay-flat effect
▴Complicated and time-consuming

18. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
2. Double sided printing
B. Book block binding in the spine
▴Binding resin is already in the spine of the cover
▴Book block is bound into the cover
▴Metal spine is crimping the book block
to match perfectly
with spine
▴Mirror is already part
of the cover

19. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
2. Double sided printing
B. Book block binding in the spine
▴Very strong binding technology
▴Easy, clean, dry and fast process
▴Lay-flat effect needs to come from the paper

20. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS

21. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
Lay-flat paper
▴Patented innovation
▴Double fold breaks the fiber in the paper
▴No damages on the paper or the print

22. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
Lay-flat paper
1. Lay-Flat Paper ready-made
▴Selection of paper types and formats
▴Inkjet and laser
▴Easy for everyone
▴No special technology needed

23. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
Lay-flat paper
2. Lay-Flat folding equipment
▴Device folds every sheet
▴Before or after printing (and coating)
▴Can work with multiple paper types
and formats
▴Customer doesn’t depend from
specific paper

24. LAY-FLAT PHOTOBOOKS
Lay-flat paper
A. Lay-Flat folding equipment ‘Kiosk’ and ‘Pro’
▴Compact stand-alone device
▴Ideal to put next to Kiosk Printer or in Print shops
B. Heavy duty Lay-Flat folding
machine
▴Folding up to 10.000 sheets
per hour
▴Ideal for photobook production
centers

25. Lay-Flat Paper
Launching next week.
See you at photokina.