MONTREAL—  Standard Finishing Systems recently announced that Graphiscan has purchased new book binding equipment manufactured by Standard partner Horizon International Inc. Installed by Standard Horizon dealer RM Machinery, includes the Horizon LBF-500 Book Block Feeder, BQ-500 Perfect Binder, GF-500 Gauze Feeder, and HT-1000V Three-Knife Trimmer. Horizon’s cloud-based iCE LiNK platform is integrated across the entire system for operational efficiency.The new Horizon line will add greater capacity and throughput to Graphiscan’s operations with the BQ-500 able to process up to 800 books per hour. The company will now also be able to handle both softcover book production and hardcover book preparation with the same system. Depending on the type of finished book required, gauze application can be turned on or off via the user-friendly touchscreen on the GF-500 for easy changeover.