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All American Laminating
As consumers today are searching for more local and American made products, laminating machines and other laminating equipment has been difficult to find. However, we’ve managed to locate several different types of laminating machines, laminators and additional laminating equipment that is produced and sold right here in the United States of America.
Our favorite laminator/laminating provider is Lloyds of Indiana, Inc. They offer a wide range of American made laminators and have an excellent selection of American educational laminators both heated (thermal) and pouch types of laminating machines. Below is just a small a summary of what lloydsofindiana.com offers for competitive, American laminating machines and American laminating solutions.
American Pouch Laminators
Banner American PL4A Pouch Laminator
The Banner American PL4 pouch laminator is ideal for laminating ID cards and badges, membership cards, luggage tags, etc. Laminate up to 4″ wide and as thick as 10 mil pouches! The PL4 Features a 4 roller system to provide the highest quality laminating results. Easy to operate and a short warm up time make this laminating machine one of the best selling pouch laminators. The PL4 has been the consumer choice for many years.
Banner American PL135-4 Pouch Laminator
The PL135-4 pouch laminator is perfect for laminating ID cards and badges, membership cards, luggage tags, etc. In addition to cards,The Banner American PL135-4 will laminate larger documents up to 12″ x 18″, or A3 in size.
American Heated/Roll/Educational Laminators
Banner American Entry 4500
The ENTRY 4500 Laminating and Mounting machine is the ideal laminator for large-format imaging services. The ENTRY 4500 is capable of mounting, laminating and encapsulating output from 36″, 42″ and 44″ inkjet printers. Affordable and functional, the ENTRY 4500 is loaded with features important in giving you the highest level of results for each and every project.
The ENTRY 4500 Laminating/Mounting machine offers carefully designed features intended to quickly get you up and profitably running without the added expense of more advanced machines. The easy-to-use design makes the operator’s job simpler.
25″ Ledco Educator Laminator
The 25″ Ledco Educator laminator 110V / 220V is designed for teachers to protect and enhance posters, dry erase charts, flash cards, bulletin board graphics, games, visuals and teaching aids of all kinds.
The Ledco Educator offers simplified controls to help eliminate many common errors often associated with complicated thermal laminators. With added options for use with 1.5 mil, 3 mil and 5 mil the Ledco Educator laminator 110V / 220V is designed to handle and produce a multitude of projects with ease for the many requirements that face today’s teachers.
For more American made laminating machines, laminating equipment or laminators; or for any American made binding machines, American uv coaters and supplies or other print finishing needs please visit lloydsofindiana.com and review their “Made in America” section of their web site.
Made in America
As the nation is now seeking job creation, a strong dollar and most importantly American Made Products, ABC ‘World News’ has issued a challenged to all those in tune with the economy to keep America #1. They are challenging everyone to: buy American made products/services, and hire American workers to fulfill American Jobs.
“As the print-finishing industry is one of the most underestimated industries out there, one company has taken the effort to promote the American Made Challenge–Lloyds of Indiana, Inc.; As their wonderful “Assurance through Experience” resonates with their newly turned aged of 25 years, Lloyds of Indiana is sure to become one of the most lasting, and most memorable companies of 2012.” — Made in USA.
UV Coating for the WIN!
The True Benefits of UV Coating & UV Coaters
The Quality is in the Coating…
Using uv coating on your printed products allows for colors to become more vibrant and rich. For example, all of your printed materials with blues or blacks in them will allow for a nearly wet-like appearance. Coating your products with a uv coater is one of the most effective (and efficient) ways to create beautiful, finely finished products.
Document Mailing without the Damage…
Do you print a lot of products that are mailed for your customers? Well, as your customer’s documents travel from post office to post man to post man to post office to their consumers, the document may become damaged or warped or even destroyed as it makes its journey. Using uv coating on your printed documents provides durable, damage-resistant products without lacking any visual appearance! Additionally, products that are uv coated are resistant to smudging and marking which allows for not only your customers professional presentations to look great, but yours as well.
Go Green, Stay Clean…
With regulation worries, an over taxation applying, uv coating provides an outlet for business owners to print and finish responsibly. UV coatings are free of solvents and do not emit volatile organic compounds, or VOCs when cured. This basically means 2 things:
1 – You’ll get a great PR value with not only your current customers (and the general public), but you’ll also get a distinct marketing edge as well for presenting to newer clients.
2 – You are taking the correct steps to help save the environment, and going green is staying clean.
Finishing your printed products with a uv coating system has now become more efficient than ever. ‘And with the overall high-quality, fast output of a uv coaters, uv coating has never been easier.
Watch the video below to see just how fast (without lacking any quality) uv coating is…
Coil for Binding…
Easy to Use Coil Binding Machines and Systems
Any size office will benefit from having a coil binder on-site. Money can saved each year by performing all of your binding in-house. Don’t depend on a printing chain or service. Owning coil binding or spiral machine allows you to bind your projects on your own schedule. No more waiting for the job to get done a coil, spiral binding system lets you get it done when you need it.
Coil binding machines are fast, efficient and dependable.
Rounder Corners, Rounder Savings…
Are you looking for a way to increase your productivity and overall efficiency of your paper handling system? With an addition of a round cornering machine to your production floor you can reduce time restraints and minimize finishing costs.
A few of the most economical manual corner rounding machines available today are manufactured by Akilies and Lassco. If you need precise round cornering for small or large jobs, the Akilies Diamond 1 manual corner rounder machine or the Lassco CR-20 Desktop Corner rounder machine may be the right addition to your current paper handling system. Make every job easier with a corner rounding machine. Lassco and Akiles round cornering machines are available as table top or floor model round corner machines.
Visit lloydsofindiana.com today for manual corner rounding machines.