MONTREAL—  Multi Bookbinding is installing a Autobond Mini 76 TH-PH, a 29.5” wide x 41.73” max format, high speed thermal laminator in early 2023.It is Autobond’s most popular laminator worldwide. It has a modular design to add options such as a perfector, stacker, in-line spot UV coating, or an in-line foiling machine. 1 or 2 sided, sheet fed, thin film, thermal laminator for medium and long run lengths The equipment takes up 45% less floor space than their  existing equipment and deliver significant additional capacity for continued growth in business volume. Multi Bookbinding have offered laminating as a service for years but aging equipment led them to begin to investigate what was on the market. Yvon Sauvageau, General Manager of Multi-Bookbinding explains “We needed to optimize our operations by replacing a twenty year old machine. Multi Bookbinding is the largest trade bindery in Canada that specializes in the production of case binding (also known as hard cover binding). They produce over 7 million books a year. Prints can vary from 100 to 50,000 copies with in-house services such as folding, sewing, laminating, and stamping with various finishes. Bookbinding has been  serving printers since 1988 . They  are operating from Shawinigan near Montreal with a team of 75 employees in a plant of 62 000 sq2. Hard Cover, Smyth Sewing, Flex Case, Lay Flat and Perfect binding are Multi Bookbinding  specialties .