Different books.
Same flow.
Start digital. Stay flexible. Grow with your job mix.
Digital book production enables book manufacturers to respond efficiently to changing market requirements, from smaller production quantities to increasingly variable job structures.
The combination of Hunkeler Plowfolder PF7, Müller Martini Vareo PRO and InfiniTrim forms the Smart Factory 1000: a fully integrated end-to-end solution that combines outstanding quality, an attractive price-performance ratio and seamless workflow integration from a single source. It takes the digitally printed web through to the finished book, efficiently handling changing titles, book thicknesses and formats.
Combined with Müller Martini Connex, production data and finishing processes are connected in an integrated workflow – supporting efficient production as job complexity increases.
A flexible starting point for digital book production – with the automation to support a changing job mix.
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More variety does not have to mean more complexity
As publishers consider shorter print runs, print-on-demand and more flexible replenishment for selected titles, the job mix on the production floor becomes more variable.
For book printers, that means finding the right balance between flexibility and productivity.
How do you handle more jobs, changing formats and different book thicknesses without adding unnecessary manual intervention and waiting time?
By making variability part of the production process.
Keep production moving
Reduce interruptions and manual handling between finishing stages to support shorter turnaround times.
make variability productive
Process smaller and more variable jobs efficiently – helping make flexibility economically viable as the job mix changes.
Automate the workflow
Bring production data and automated finishing together – from prepress to the finished book.
Add digital to your production mix
you do not have to replace what works. Add what you are missing.
Moving into digital book production doesn’t have to mean replacing an established conventional production environment.
Automated digital finishing gives book producers another production route – designed for jobs that require greater variability, smaller quantities or more frequent product changes.
Existing processes can continue to handle the work they already produce efficiently, while digital production expands the range of jobs your operation is equipped to handle.
And the level of automation can be matched to your production requirements.
A way into digital book production. And a way to grow with it.
Built for digital book production
From the digitally printed web to the finished book, Hunkeler and Müller Martini combine automated book block production, binding and trimming in one integrated finishing concept.
Fully variable production
Designed for a highly variable job mix, InfiniTrim automatically adapts the three-side trim to each individual book – enabling changing formats through to Book-of-one.
Different title. Different thickness. Different format. Same flow.
Efficient batch production
For jobs produced in batches, Granit PRO provides an efficient three-side trimming solution for books grouped by format.
As format changes require manual intervention, this configuration is best suited to larger batch quantities, while InfiniTrim is the more efficient choice for smaller, highly variable runs.
Automated digital book finishing matched to a batch-based job mix.
Connect the workflow
the production data moves with the job
As jobs become more variable, the right production data needs to reach the right system at the right time.
Müller Martini Connex connects production data with the finishing process, helping reduce manual coordination and optimize production sequences.
Machines and data. One connected workflow.
The benefits of digital print production
Digital book production creates new opportunities to produce closer to demand, reduce risk and use resources more efficiently, while making smaller quantities economically viable.
LOWER INVENTORY COSTS
Reduce stock, storage and tied-up capital
KEEP TITLES AVAILABLE
Reprint quickly what is needed
LESS WASTE
Reduce excess production and material consumption
LOWER FIRST RUN RISK
Start smaller and scale production with demand
MORE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
Use resources more efficiently by producing on demand
FLEXIBLE SHORT RUNS
Produce small quantities, down to Book-of-one with the right configuration
talk to our book production experts
Tell us about your production requirements and explore which digital book finishing concept best fits your business.
Special conditions available until february
Benefit from attractive conditions available until the Hunkeler Innovationdays February, 22-25 2027!
See highly variable production in action
Novus Print in South Africa invested in an integrated Hunkeler Plowfolder PF7, Müller Martini Vareo PRO and InfiniTrim solution to expand its digital book production capabilities.
The automated line enables changing titles, formats, page counts and run lengths to move efficiently through production, with significantly reduced setup and changeover times.
For Novus and its publishing customers, this supports a more demand-driven production model with smaller quantities, less inventory and greater flexibility, while conventional production continues where it makes economic sense.
DISCOVER DEMAND-DRIVER PUBLISHING
Download our white paper and explore how book-on-demand, hybrid production and automation are reshaping the economics of book production.
