Postpress


“İhlas Gazetecilik A.Ş.” has one of the largest and most modern post-press facilities in Türkiye, offering a wide range of post-press services.

Thanks to our modern post-press equipment and qualified personnel, we are able to meet the demands of our customers.

In our post-press facility, perfect binding (paperback) and hardcover binding processes for printed products of various shapes and sizes can be carried out with different options. In addition, thread sewing and saddle stitching services are also provided.

Our packaging department, supported by insert lines, polybagging machines, functional strip applicators, shrink machines, pallet wrapping machines, and boxing options, offers a wide variety of packaging solutions to our customers. The technological KBA-Metronik jet printer can print barcodes, logos, and matrix codes, and can also address different surfaces.

After completing all post-press stages without compromising quality, the products are delivered to our domestic and international customers.

Post-Press Equipment

Müller Martini Bolero perfect binding machine
Minimum Maximum
Speed 1,200 cycles/hour 9,000 cycles/hour
Number of feeding stations 24
Number of grippers 21
Product size spine length 140 mm 510 mm
book width 100 mm 320 mm
book thickness 80 mm
creased thickness 3 mm
non-creased thickness 2 mm
open book thickness 30 mm
PUR adhesive application, spine lining, automatic Müller Martini three-knife trimmer, automatic Müller Martini stacker, Müller Martini saw
Kolbus gathering and perfect binding line
Minimum Maximum
Speed 6,000 cycles/hour
Number of feeding stations 16
Feeds per unit 3
Number of grippers 15
Product size spine length 140 mm 480 mm
book width 100 mm 320 mm
book thickness 70 mm
signature thickness 6 mm
Endpaper gluing, Müller Martini three-knife trimmer

Kolbus hardcover casing-in line

Kolbus PK 170 board cutting machine
Kolbus DA 270 cover forming machine (65 cycles/minute)
Kolbus BF 527 book production line (60 cycles/minute) (including ribbon insertion)
Kolbus EMP 597 casing-in machine (60 cycles/minute)
Kolbus FE 604 joint forming and pressing machine (62 cycles/minute)
Sigloch BSD 60 stacker (60 cycles/minute)

Müller Martini Presto saddle stitching machine
Minimum Maximum
Speed 9,000 cycles/hour
Number of feeding stations + cover feeder 6 + 1
Number of stitching heads 4
Product size spine length 145 mm 365 mm
book width 100 mm 305 mm
book thickness 10 mm
Omega stitching option, Müller Martini three-knife trimmer
Müller Martini Bravo S saddle stitching machine
Minimum Maximum
Speed 12,000 cycles/hour
Number of feeding stations + cover feeder 6 + 1
Number of stitching heads 4
Product size spine length 153 mm 480 mm
book width 108 mm 320 mm
book thickness 10 mm
Müller Martini three-knife trimmer, Müller Martini stacker
Müller Martini Ventura thread sewing machine
Minimum Maximum
Speed 12,000 cycles/hour
Product size signature length 120 mm 510 mm
signature width 80 mm 320 mm
signature thickness 4 mm
Number of needles standard 13
combined 7
Needle length 16.5 mm
Standard, combined, and zigzag stitching features

Heidelberg Stahlfolder BCUH-78 paper folding machine

Maximum paper size: 700 mm x 1,000 mm
6 pockets + 2 knives + 1 intermediate pocket after first knife
17 different folding types
Maximum 50,000 sheets/hour in A4 parallel folding

Horizon Cross Folder AFC-566AKT paper folding machine

Maximum paper size: 558 mm x 850 mm
6 pockets + 1 knife + 2 intermediate pockets after knife
17 different folding types
Maximum 40,000 sheets/hour in A4 parallel folding
Booklet production (8 or 12 pages) with gluing unit

Stahl paper folding machine

Maximum paper size: 700 mm x 1,000 mm
4 pockets + 1 knife + 1 intermediate pocket + 1 knife + 1 mobile knife
Maximum 40,000 sheets/hour in A4 parallel folding

Heidelberg die-cutting machine

Maximum paper size: 640 mm x 890 mm
Minimum paper size: 250 mm x 350 mm
Maximum speed: 5,000 sheets/hour
Paper range: 70–400 g/m²

Heidelberg die-cutting machine

Maximum paper size: 380 mm x 520 mm
Minimum paper size: 150 mm x 200 mm
Maximum speed: 5,000 sheets/hour
Paper range: 70–400 g/m²

Guillotine cutters

Polar 90 cm, Polar 105 cm and Wohlenberg 115 cm

Sitma inserting and polybagging machine

Maximum speed: 15,000 pcs/hour
5 insert stations
Under-cover inserting
Hot & cold polybagging

Laminating machine

Maximum paper size: 700 mm x 1,000 mm