Production Facilities & Capabilities
Shown here is a listing of the significant investment in facilities and equipment made by Edwards Brothers in order to fully serve publishers’ needs for short to medium run perfect and case bound books.
Facilities & Equipment
Facilities
Edwards Brothers owns and operates three book manufacturing plants:
- Ann Arbor, MI—185,000 sq. ft., perfect and case bound products.
- Lillington, NC—56,000 sq. ft., perfect bound plant.
- Lillington, NC—56,000 sq. ft., case bound plant (adjacent to perfect bound plant).
- Digital Book Center, Ann Arbor, MI—perfect and case bound.
- Digital Book Center, Lillington, NC—perfect and case bound.
- Digital Book Center, Blue Ridge, PA—perfect bound.
- Digital Book Center, Chicago, IL —perfect bound.
- Digital Book Center, Geneva, IL—perfect bound.
- Digital Book Center, Washington, D.C.—perfect bound.
- Digital Book Center, Plymouth, UK—perfect bound.
Digital Prepress
- Kodak Prinergy Workflow
- Macintosh G4
- Macintosh G5
- Intel Xeon
- Pentium 4
- Pentium 3
- AMD Atholon
- Intel Celeron
- Xerox Docuimage 620S Scanner (4)
- Fuji C-550 Lanovia Flatbed Scanner
- Star Proofing System (3)
Software Support for Macintosh
- QuarkXPress Documents
- Adobe Acrobat PDF Documents
- Adobe Photoshop Documents
- Adobe Illustrator Documents
- Adobe InDesign Documents
- Macromedia Freehand Documents
Software Support for Windows
- QuarkXPress Documents
- Adobe Acrobat PDF Documents
- Adobe Photoshop Documents
- Adobe Illustrator Documents
- Adobe InDesign Documents
- Macromedia Freehand Documents
Media Devices
- 3.5” Floppy Disks
- Zip 100 MB Disks
- Zip 250 MB Disks
- Zip 750 MB Disks
- CD’s
- CD-RW’s
- DVD’s
Imagesetters
- Linotype Hell Lino 330 (2)
Computer to Plate Devices
- Agfa Xcalibur VLF Platesetter (4)
Printers
- HP 8000
- HP 8100
- HP 8150
- HP 6p
- HP 5
- HP Designjet 5000
- Xerox Phaser 5400
- Lexmark T622
- Xerox Phaser 7750
- Epson 7600
Processors
- Dupont Film Processor, Model IS26
- Glunz and Jensen 21" Film Processor
Binder Units (for digital proofing)
Press
Cover
- Heidelberg 20” - 29” 2-Color Press (2)
- Heidelberg 29” Speedmaster 5-Color Press
- Heidelberg 29” Speedmaster 6-Color Press with inline Aqueous coating
- Heidelberg U.V. Coater (2)
- Miller 5-Color 20” - 29” Press, Model TP74
Text
- MAN Roland 900 55” Press—1-Color (5)
- Royal Zenith 38” X 50” Press, 1-Color (3), 2-Color (1)
- Timsons Web Press, 9” and 9-1/4” 1-Color (2)
- Timsons Web Press, 11" - 1 or 2-Color
- Timsons Web Press, 11” ZMR 1 or 2-Color
- Timsons Web Press, True-Notch, 9-1/8" 1 or 2-Color
- Timsons Web Press, 11" - 1 or 2-Color
Miscellaneous
- Clark-Aiken Sheeter—64” (2)
- D & K System 27 Film Laminator
- D & K System Jr. Laminator
- GBC 8332 Laminator
Soft Bindery
- Baler System for Trimmings and Scrap Paper
- Brackett Stripper
- Colmatic Tip-On Machine
- Durable Carton Erector
- Ehlermann Perfect-Bind Machine
- GBC Plastic Comb Binder, Model IBICOHB24(Manual Operation)
- James Burn Mechanical Binding Punch,Model EX380 (Fully Automatic)
- Label-Aire Barcode Thermal Printer/Applicator (2)
- Little David Taping Machine for Boxes
- MBO Folder—26” x 40”, Model B26
- MBO Folder—26” x 40”, Model T65
- MBO Folder—26” x 50”
- MBO Folder—40” x 55”, Model T102 with Mabeg Feeder (2)
- MBO Folder—42” x 57” (2)
- MBO Folder—44” x 65”, Model T112 with Mabeg Feeder
- MBO Folder—44” x 60”
- Mekabind Double Fan Adhesive Binder
- MK 11 Sulby Auto-Mini-Binder Straight Line
- Muller-Martini 201 Gathering Machine—33 Pockets
- Muller-Martini 1550 Presto Saddle Stitcher
- Muller-Martini Corona Binder with 27 Pockets (2) Ability to do Lay Flat /Otabind
- Muller-Martini Norm 3690 Gather and Perfect Binder—27 Pockets
- Muller Saddle Stitcher 1590 with In-Line Trimmer Model 1522
- Muller-Martini Zenith 3-Knife Trimmer (3)
- Polar Cutter—45”
- Polar Cutter—61”
- Seybold Cutter-45”
- Sickinger Spiral Binder, Model PS517(Semi-Automatic)
- Sickinger Wire-O Binder, Model TLB(Semi-Automatic)
- Small Packaging Machine for Corroseal
- Stahl Folder (4)
- Stahl Folder—44” x 60” (3)
- Stitching Machine (2)
- Wohlenberg 3-Knife Trimmer, Model 44FM50 (2)
- Wohlenberg Flat Cutter—60”
Case Bindery
- Versamatic Casing-In Machine (2)
- Smyth J-1129 3-Wing Casing-In Machine
- Smyth M-70 Forming and Pressing Machine
- 1 Clamp Building-In Machine
- Fenwall Building-In Machine “De Flores”
- Kolbus Board Cutter—53” (2)
- Kolbus Cloth Cutter—54” (2)
- Stahl Case Maker (6)
- Kolbus Gluer-Dryer (2)
- Kolbus Case-In Line (2)
- Stahl Case-In Line
- Kolbus 3-Knife Trimmer
- Wohlenberg 3-Knife Trimmer—FS-50
- Weldotron Shrink Wrap Machine,Model 1602
- Kirk-Rudy Labeler
- Kensol K65H Stamping Press, 10-Ton Model (4)
- Kluge Automatic Press (2)
- Weber Stencil-Label Maker
- Wing Mailer
- Durable 1-Piece Mailer Folding Machine with Taper
- Kolbus Dust Jacket Machine (2)
- DeFlorez—Dual Head (In-line) Stamping Machine
- QuikPrint Hand Stamper
- Kolbus Tip-On
- Stamping—Kensol, Model 65H (3)
- Clark-Aiken Sheeter, Model 3350-MCA1, 64”
- Fargo Barcode Printer
- Aster Sewing Machine (5)
- Weber Stencil Label Maker
- Corro-Seal Packaging Machine
- Durable-Workhorse Carton Sealer
- Shanklin Shrinkwrapper (2)
Miscellaneous Equipment
- Stitcher
- Lawson 5-Head Drill (2)
- Challenge 3-Head Drill
- Abal Case Sealer
- 1/4” Plastic Strapping Machine
- Thiehle Friction Card Placer
- Rite Size Automatic Carton Machine
Edwards Brothers Digital Book Centers
Computers/Scanners
- Mac G5 1GB Ram (16)
- 1.2 GH W/500MB Ram (12)
- Xerox 620s Scanner (5)
- Digipath Workstation (2)
- Epson Scanner (2)
- Tekgraf
- Fujitsu Fi-57500
Printers
- IBM Infoprint 4100 Digital Web (2)
- Cover: Xerox Doc 12 Printer (1)
- Cover: Xerox Docucolor 2045 Printer (2)
- Cover: Xerox Docucolor 250(4)
- Cover: iGen Color
- Cover: Oce CS650
- Text: Xerox DP-100 Printer (4)
- Text: Xerox Nuvera 120 (7)
- Text: Xerox 6155
Bindery
- Amigo Perfect Binder
- Challenge 3-Knife Trimmer
- Challenge Flatbed Trimmer (6)
- CP Bourg Binder (8)
- Foliant Film Laminator (4)
- GP2 Casemaker
- Horizon Binder (2)
- Muller Martini
- O.D.M. Smasher
- O.D.M. Single Wire
- O.D.M. Case Maker
- Symth 3-Wing Case-In
Manufacturing Facilities
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Edwards Brothers - Ann Arbor (Corporate Headquarters)
2500 South State Street, P.O. Box 1007
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1007
Phone: 734/769-1000; Fax: 734/769-4756
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Edwards Brothers - Carolina (Softbound)
800 Edwards Drive, P.O. Box 1027
Lillington, North Carolina 27546-1027
Phone: 910/893-2717; Fax: 910/893-8425
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Edwards Brothers - Carolina (Hardbound)
900 Edwards Drive, P.O. Box 1027
Lillington, North Carolina 27546-1027
Phone: 910/893-2717; Fax: 910/893-1066
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Digital Book Center - Ann Arbor
2500 South State Street, P.O. Box 1007
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1007
Phone: 734/769-1000 Ext. 709; Fax 734/769-1951
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Digital Book Center - Carolina
800 Edwards Drive, P.O. Box 1027
Lillington, North Carolina 27546-1027
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Digital Book Center - Blue Ridge Summit
15200 NBN Way-Building B
Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17214
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Digital Book Center - Chicago
11030 South Langley
Chicago, IL 60628
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Digital Book Center - Geneva
1900 South Batavia Avenue
Geneva, IL 60134
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Digital Book Center - Washington D.C.
8700 Jericho City Drive
Landover, MD 20785
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Digital Book Center - UK
Plymouth House
Eastover Road
PL6 7PY, United Kingdom
- Web Site: http://www.edwardsbrothers.com
Field Sales Offices
- Ann Arbor, MI - Phone: 734/769-1000; Fax: 734/769-4756
- Boston, MA - Phone: 781/792-0204; Fax: 781/792-1887
- Chicago, IL - Phone: 630/842-0651; Fax: 630/839-1486 and Phone: 630/879-8724; Fax: 630/454-3546
- Lillington, NC - Phone: 919/639-9755; Fax: 703/852-7400
- New York, NY - Phone: 212/867-2830; Fax: 212/953-2188
- San Diego, CA - Phone: 951/587-8728; Fax: 951/848-0989
- Washington, DC - Phone: 301/336-2030; Fax: 301/560-8825