OPTIMISING POST-PRINT EFFICIENCY
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olar-Mohr was founded by Adolf Mohr in 1906 in Hofheim, near Frankfurt, Germany and began as a machine factory producing cutters for the furniture industry. A major milestone in the company’s history came when it began working in partnership with Heidelberg in 1949, which resulted in the formation of a mutual sales organisation that has systematically expanded over the years. Today the company remains an independent, family-owned business that specialises in the manufacture of high-speed cutters and peripherals for the graphics and paper converting industries. Polar-Mohr is the clear market leader as well as the technology leader in its field. Currently, the company employs over 500 people worldwide and in 2012 recorded sales of close to €100 million.
Pioneering new integrated systems Polar-Mohr continues to pioneer the concept of fully integrated systems and automated workflow for the post-press print industry. The company integrates work processes to enhance efficiency, minimise labour costs and maximise profits for printing companies and paper converters both large and small. Polar-Mohr offers a diverse product portfolio that ranges from high-speed cutting systems and jogging solutions to label and gripperloading systems. The company’s long-term commitment to investment in new products and innovative post-press solutions has resulted in the launch of its revolutionary Three-side Trimmer at DRUPA 2012. Known as the BC-330, this unique product made its offi-
Polar-Mohr is the global leader in the design and manufacture of integrated cutting and diecutting equipment and solutions. Philip Yorke talked to Dr Markus Rall, the company’s speaker of management board, about its latest innovative products and growing presence in Asia and South America.
cial trade debut at the international Hunkeler Innovation Event held in Lucerne, Switzerland in February this year. The robust, networkable one-knife trimmer automatically cuts perfect-bound or saddlestitched products, and takes book-body production to a new level of efficiency. In contrast to any three-knife trimmer it has no formatdependent plunger. Sizes ranging between DIN A6 and DIN A4 can be processed in succession without the need to convert the machine. This latest product from Polar-Mohr is operated using an ergonomically positioned 18.5” touchscreen display. The BC 330 has the option of a built-in barcode reader so that no programming is required by the operator. With the barcode the correct cutting programme is selected auto-