Four integrated roll-to-finished-product systems, three global product premieres and the first public exhibition appearance of HDP will highlight HXCP's latest advances in automated digital book production.
Exhibition: The 10th All in Print China
Date: October 12–16, 2026
Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Centre
HDP Booth: N2-A133
HDP will make its first public exhibition appearance at The 10th All in Print China, taking place from October 12 to 16, 2026, at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.
At its 266-square-meter booth, HDP will present four integrated digital finishing lines covering dynamic folding, book block preparation, thread sewing, saddle stitching and automated hardcover production. The exhibition will also mark the global debut of three major HDP developments:
HDP380 Digital Cover Casing-In Machine
HDP700 Roll-to-Collator-to-Saddle-Stitching Digital Line
HDP700 Roll-to-Dynamic-Folding-to-Sewing Digital Line
This will be the first time HDP appears publicly as the dedicated digital finishing brand of HXCP Machinery, bringing together HXCP's established manufacturing capabilities and HDP’s specialized research and development in modular, data-driven and highly automated digital book production.
A Major Presentation of Roll-to-Finished-Book Automation
Digital printing has transformed the economics of publishing and commercial print. However, many production environments still rely on disconnected post-press processes, manual transfers and equipment designed primarily for long, repetitive production runs.
HDP is developing a different production model.
Its systems are engineered to convert digitally printed rolls directly into signatures, sewn book blocks, saddle-stitched products or finished hardcover books. Barcode recognition, servo-controlled adjustment, variable folding and automated job changeovers allow the production lines to process frequent changes in page count, thickness and format with substantially less operator intervention.
At All in Print China 2026, visitors will be able to examine how these technologies work together across four complete production workflows.
HDP700 Roll-to-Dynamic-Folding-to-Sewing Digital Line
Global Premiere
HDP1100 Roll to Dynamic Folding to Sewing Digital Line
The HDP700 Roll-to-Dynamic-Folding-to-Sewing Digital Line is designed for automated production of thread-sewn book blocks in short-run, variable and Book-of-One environments.
Beginning with a continuously printed paper roll, the line combines controlled unwinding, longitudinal plow folding, barcode-driven cutting and dynamic cross-folding. Different folding paths can be selected automatically according to production data, allowing the system to process changing page structures and tail signatures without conventional manual intervention.
Folded sections are transferred through a telescopic conveyor to the HDP200 Digital Collating Feeder, where they are accurately sequenced and gathered before entering the HDP SEW Digital Book Sewing Machine.
By producing folded signatures before the gathering process, the line reduces the number of individual sheets that must be handled by the collator. This substantially increases gathering efficiency and helps maintain continuous operation of the sewing unit.
The result is a stable stream of thread-sewn book blocks with variable page counts and thicknesses, ready for downstream perfect binding or hardcover production.
The principal modules include:
HDP UW1100 Unwinder → HDP SPF1100 Single Plowfolder → HDP CD520 Dynamic Cutter → HDP DFU660 Dynamic Folder → Telescopic Conveyor → HDP200 Digital Collating Feeder → HDP SEW Digital Book Sewing Machine
This global premiere will demonstrate how dynamic folding can become an active production-control process rather than a fixed mechanical step.
HDP700 Roll-to-Collator-to-Saddle-Stitching Digital Line
Global Premiere
HDP1100 Roll to Dynamic Folding to Saddle Stitching Digital Line
Also making its global debut will be the HDP700 Roll-to-Collator-to-Saddle-Stitching Digital Line, a single-pass system developed to convert printed rolls directly into finished saddle-stitched products.
The workflow begins with continuous roll feeding and precision cross-cutting. The resulting flat sheets are delivered in the correct sequence to the HDP200 Digital Collating Feeder, where they are accumulated into complete book blocks.
A cover inserting unit feeds and aligns the corresponding cover before each book enters the HDP SS4500 Digital Saddle Stitching Unit. After stitching, an integrated three-knife trimming process cuts the three open sides to produce a finished product ready for packing or dispatch.
The line is suitable for a wide range of applications, including:
Magazines and periodicals
Instruction manuals
Exercise books
Catalogues and brochures
Photo products
Personalized and short-run publications
By linking roll processing, sheet sequencing, cover matching, stitching and trimming in one synchronized workflow, the system reduces intermediate handling, production waiting time and work-in-progress inventory.
HDP1100 Roll-to-Dynamic-Folding-to-Hardcover-Binding Digital Line
HDP1100 Wide-Format Roll to Book Block Digital Line
The HDP1100 Roll-to-Dynamic-Folding-to-Hardcover-Binding Digital Line represents HDP's most comprehensive demonstration of automated book production at the exhibition.
Designed for direct connection with a web-fed digital press, the line transforms a continuous printed roll into finished hardcover books through one coordinated production workflow.
After unwinding, longitudinal folding and barcode-controlled cutting, the web is converted into variable-format signatures by the HDP DFU660 Dynamic Folder. The sections are then gathered by the HDP200 Digital Collating Feeder and sewn by the HDP SEW Digital Sewing Machine.
The sewn book blocks continue through a sequence of automated hardcover processes:
Dynamic folding → Collating → Thread sewing → End-sheet feeding → Spine gluing → Gauzing and back lining → Cooling → Three-knife trimming → Rounding and backing → Spine lining → Head and tail banding → Casing-in → Joint pressing → Stacking → Robotic palletizing
At the center of this workflow is the HDP PB7 Pro Digital Binder, which performs end-sheet feeding, hotmelt spine gluing, gauzing and back stripping. Servo-controlled adjustment supports rapid job changeovers for variable production.
The book blocks then enter the HDP TKT Digital Three-Knife Trimmer, where barcode recognition enables automatic format changes. An anti-tearing mechanism supports clean and accurate trimming across different book structures and thicknesses.
HDP TKT Digital Three-Knife Trimmer
The line is completed by the new HDP380 Digital Cover Casing-In Machine, followed by automatic interleaving, stacking and robotic palletizing.
Together, these systems demonstrate a practical route toward Book-of-One hardcover manufacturing with less manual adjustment between consecutive jobs.
HDP380 Digital Cover Casing-In Machine
Global Premiere
HDP380 Digital Cover Casing-In Machine
The HDP380 Digital Cover Casing-In Machine will make its global premiere as one of the most important individual equipment introductions at the HDP booth.
Developed for automated hardcover production, the machine integrates multiple book block preparation and casing-in processes into one continuous system, including:
Rounding and backing
Spine gluing
Spine lining
Head and tail band application
Case forming
Casing-in
Joint pressing
The HDP380 has been engineered to process changing book specifications while maintaining alignment, forming quality and production consistency. Within the complete hardcover line, it provides the essential transition from a trimmed book block to an assembled hardcover book.
Its launch reflects HDP's expansion beyond individual digital finishing modules into complete, end-to-end hardcover production technology.
HDP1100 Wide-Format Roll-to-Book-Block Digital Line
The HDP1100 Wide-Format Roll-to-Book-Block Digital Line is a heavy-duty production system developed specifically for wide-format web-fed digital printing.
Supporting a maximum web width of up to 1,100 mm and operating at speeds of up to 200 meters per minute, the system integrates:
Unwinding → Dual plow folding → Cutting → Side gluing → Signature separation → Stacking
The dual plow-folding configuration can produce 4-, 6- or 8-page structures, allowing wide printed webs to be converted efficiently into accurately folded book sections.
At the delivery end, the HDP DSD Dual Star Wheel Delivery provides controlled separation and stable stacking of consecutive signatures. This is particularly important when book thicknesses or production data change continuously from one product to the next.
Optional functions such as dynamic perforation and edge trimming can be configured according to the required application. The system is intended for high-volume digital publishing, educational printing and industrial book production environments that require both wide-format capacity and flexible job handling.
The First Public Appearance of HDP
All in Print China 2026 will be more than a product launch for HDP. It will mark the first complete public presentation of the brand's technology platform.
As HXCP's dedicated digital finishing brand, HDP focuses on the development of modular equipment and integrated production lines that connect digital printing with folding, gathering, sewing, perfect binding, saddle stitching, trimming and hardcover binding.
The exhibition will demonstrate how HDP combines individual processing modules into coordinated production systems, while retaining the flexibility to configure each line according to the customer's press format, product structure, capacity requirements and existing downstream equipment.
The four production lines will also illustrate HDP's broader development priorities:
Variable and Book-of-One production
Automated roll-to-product workflows
Barcode-controlled job integrity
Rapid format and thickness changeovers
Modular equipment configuration
Reduced work-in-progress and manual handling
Integration of digital and conventional finishing processes
Scalable production for publishing, education and commercial printing
Meet HDP at All in Print China 2026
All in Print China is widely recognized as one of the most influential exhibitions serving the Chinese and international printing industries. Since its establishment in 2003, the event has become an important platform for presenting advances in printing, packaging, automation and intelligent manufacturing.
At the 2026 exhibition, HDP will use its three-side-open booth as a working digital finishing environment rather than a conventional static equipment display.
Visitors will be able to explore complete workflows, examine individual modules and discuss applications ranging from short-run publishing and educational books to saddle-stitched products, wide-format book block production and automated hardcover manufacturing.
Printing companies, publishers, digital press manufacturers, workflow developers, distributors and industry partners are invited to visit HDP and experience the next stage of automated digital finishing.
Visit HDP at Booth N2-A133 from October 12 to 16, 2026, and discover how printed rolls can be transformed into finished books through smarter, more flexible and more integrated production.
