In the next step the pallets with the finished sheets are being brought by truck to the bookbindery Gehring in Bielefeld, Germany.



The entrance to the family business Gehring.





In the first production step the sheets are being grooved and accumulated.
For the right order is warranted the sheets have been marked at certain points
by the printer so that after the piling a diagonal stripe has to develop. If it is not
visible continuously the expert realizes immediately that the sorting process was incorrect.





André Mester films every single production step while Mr. Kiel explains the procedures of
the machines. In the following production step the sheets are being sewed to give
the book a better steadiness. In opposition to the gluing it is avoided that later on,
single pages peel away and fall out of the book.







The complete production plant seems like a huge assembly line of a car factory.
The employees have to adjust the machines before every production to the format
of the upcoming project and then have to operate only in cases of failures.



The single sheets are now sewed together. On long band-conveyors
the sheets are being transported to the next machine.