October 24, 2008 - Chicago - Océ today announced that top digital book manufacturers rely on Océ digital print solutions as part of their publishing platform. Océ has achieved significant penetration of the fast-growing digital book manufacturing market, with a presence in leading publishing operations like these1:
- Arvato Print US - Eight million total units printed digitally per year in two locations
- Bookmasters - 1,350 titles printed digitally
- Booksurge - Amazon.com division is newest entrant in on-demand digital book production market
- Commercial Communications, Inc (CCI) - Over 480 million digitally printed pages annually
- Edwards Brothers - 150,000 titles printed digitally
- Harlequin - Océ helped transform their business model with digital publishing to cut waste and reduce inventory
- IBT/Integrated Book Technology - Over one billion digitally printed pages every year
- Jasmine Jade - Reduced "per book" price by more than half
- Lightning Source - Over 3,318,337,464 book pages printed annually and growing
- Media Litho - Almost 100 million digitally printed pages per year
- The P.A. Hutchinson Co. - Almost 600,000 units printed digitally every month
- Sheridan Group - Extensive use of digital technology for an automated workflow across three different sites on three continents
- Transcontinental - 300 million digitally printed pages per year
- Webcom, Inc. - 60,000 digitally printed units per month
- John Wiley & Sons - Global publisher of 350+ Nobel laureates sends work to Océ systems at two of the printers listed above.
"Adoption of short-run digital and true on-demand just-in-time printing methods has accelerated as technology developments in standards-based workflow, monochrome and color print output, and in-line finishing have aligned with customers’ desire for readily accessible content without the built-in waste of traditional printing and distribution channels," said Jim Hamilton, Group Director, InfoTrends.
"From an application that didn’t exist a few years ago, today digital book manufacturing is changing the face of publishing economics. This market is really just five years old, and Océ has already become the established leader," said Guy Broadhurst, Vice President of New Technology and Client Development, Production Printing Systems, Océ North America. "We can point to numerous real-world examples of book manufacturers who have successfully adopted the digital model with Océ as part of their strategies, and the list continues to grow. Publishers are recognizing that the process can be put in place quickly and the ROI is tremendous. This is especially true when compared to the old models of book publishing." Cost-efficient digital print on demand is one factor driving the growth of this market. Also, inventory costs have been reduced, since shelf space has been replaced by digital archives.
One of the earliest digital book manufacturing advocates, Lightning Source Inc., offers publishers a unique combination of quality one-off book manufacturing and access to the most comprehensive distribution solutions in the book industry. Operating over 20 Océ VarioStream® 9000 digital print solutions at multi-plant locations, the company has a solid reputation for being the fastest, most reliable and responsive books-on-demand provider globally. "The vision of all publishers is to fill every book order, all the time in the correct quantity," said David Taylor, President of Lightning Source. "Pairing the fine equipment of Océ with the proprietary systems and distribution workflows inherent to Lightning Source allows us to provide publishers with solutions that offer the freedom and flexibility to succeed and be profitable in an evolving book industry."
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is a global publisher of scientific, technical, medical and scholarly journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional/trade books, subscription products, training materials, and online applications and websites; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. "Investments in enabling technologies are enhancing our ability to deliver must-have content to our customers. With on-demand book manufacturing, Wiley is rapidly evolving from a product-centric company that delivered primarily print products to customers to a customer-centric company that provides customers with what they want when they want it," said Lynn Terhune, Wiley POD & USR Administrator/Corporate.
For more information about Océ digital book manufacturing solutions, visit http://www.oceusa.com/bookmanufacturing
About Océ
Océ N.V. is a leading international provider of digital document management technology and services. The company’s solutions are based on Océ’s advanced software applications that deliver documents and data over internal networks and the Internet to printing devices and archives -- locally and around the world. Supporting the workflow solutions are Océ digital printers and scanners, considered the most reliable and productive in the world. Océ also offers a wide range of display graphics, consulting and outsourcing solutions.
Océ employs around 24,000 people, with 2007 revenues of approximately $4.6 billion, operates in more than 90 countries and maintains research and manufacturing centers in the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Romania and Singapore. Océ North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, IL; New York City; Boca Raton, FL; Salt Lake City, UT and Vancouver, BC. North American revenues represented approximately half of Océ’s worldwide business in 2007, and employment is currently 11,000. For more information about Océ, visit www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult www.oce.com.