((l-r) Devendra Pathak and Manoj Kumar Pathak
Ghaziabad-based Education Stores have completed the installation of WB@2500, a six-clamp perfect binder from Impel-Welbound.
Founded by brothers Devendra Kumar and Manoj Kumar Pathak, the 23-year-old company is an integrated print house with a focus on book printing. They cater to large private publishers as well as government textbook corporations and mostly just-in-time printing.
“Tough situations call for tough people to make brave decisions so that the customer is not inconvenienced. We are not used to hiding behind excuses and when our customers needed the right quality products, delivered quickly, we needed the WB@2500,” said Devendra Kumar.
Speaking further about the investment and the timing of it (semi-lockdown situation in the region), Manoj Kumar said, “When one of our customers wanted about 15 lakh saddle-stitched books delivered at different locations in India, with a near-impossible time schedule, we gladly accepted the challenge.”
The WB@2500 with the maximum speed of 2,500 books per hour is packed with several features including separate side glueing, adjustable ornamental creasing, inline cover feeding, powerful cam based nipping station and delivery among others
According to Impel, the new WB@2500 was dispatched from Bangalore, delivered, installed, commissioned and training imparted to the operators – all that under ten days.
“This is a new record for us, and maybe the new normal in the coming days”, said Anilkumar Nair, director sales of Impel-Welbound.
“We are seeing the demand come back for machines, since May 2020 and we have already shipped six machines to the northern region. Insourcing and quality enhancement are the key reasons for the demand,” he added.
“The technical know-how shared by the sales and installation team has enhanced our knowledge of bookbinding techniques. They have helped us to achieve the highest quality of perfect bound books. Many of their suggestions have helped us to rectify the errors in our existing process. Most importantly, with this addition, all books produced are of the highest quality which is giving our clients complete satisfaction and this is a matter of pride for us,” said Devendra Kumar.
