Press release submitted on behalf of Standard Finishing
McClung Companies was established in 1946 in Waynesboro, Virginia, by Charles McClung and his wife, Lucille. Charles ran the business for 25 years, and, after his passing, Lucille became the President and CEO until the company was purchased by Tom Trevillian in 1984. Trevillian added design, fulfillment, web-to-print, mailing, and other services to McClung’s portfolio, and he also oversaw several expansions to its production space. Today, McClung operates out of a 32,000 square foot facility with the help of 43 team members, generating in excess of $10 million annually in national and international sales.
Recently, McClung has undergone another evolution. “As of August 2025,” said Adam Monk, President, “we have made a significant investment in digital inkjet printing. Our inkjet platform consists of a Canon ProStream production inkjet web press, and a Canon iX sheetfed inkjet press.”
In planning for this analog-to-digital transformation, Monk and his team turned to Standard Finishing and their local Horizon dealer, Atlantic Graphic Systems, for help overhauling their entire bindery operation. Their first acquisitions included a Horizon StitchLiner Mark III Saddlestitcher with VAC Collating Towers and a Horizon CRF-362 Creaser/ Folder. “This allowed us to move away from traditional stitching to more of a four-page-up, folder-light manufacturing process for stitching,” Monk said. “By
replacing our older equipment with new Standard Horizon equipment, we were able to substantially improve our throughput, quality, and turnaround time.”
Monk noted that a visit to Standard’s Customer Demonstration Center was important to the decision-making process. “It was good for us to meet the people we would be working with, lay hands on the equipment, get all our questions answered, and so on. Virtual demos are great, but on-site visits really make a difference.”
The installation of the Canon inkjet presses soon spurred a need for additional bindery capabilities. Monk explained, “We needed to be able to finish off a roll versus cutting signatures and then taking them to the Mark III, and we needed more speed. I had seen the Horizon StitchLiner Mark V system up and running at other sites, married with digital inkjet web, and thought that might be a fit for us.”
While increased speed was the primary driver for adding the Mark V alongside interoperability with their existing Tecnau Roll-to-Cut/Stack Solution, Monk also noted that they were drawn to how easy it was to train operators on the new system due to the consistency of the Horizon interface across machines. With the addition of the Mark V, McClung’s two saddlestitching systems complement each other nicely, allowing the company to process either roll-fed or cut-sheet work as needed and address a broader range of customer requirements, whether short-run or high-volume work. According to Monk, “There are some jobs that run better on the Mark III and others that run better on the Mark V, so we really do need both platforms to accommodate our clients.”
To round out its new digital bindery configuration, McClung once again worked with Standard and their local dealer, AGS, to add a Horizon HOF-400 Sheet Feeder to its existing Mark III line.
The HOF-400, which feeds collated digitally-printed output into the Mark III, now gives McClung added flexibility to handle both digital and offset workflows with one bookletmaking system. McClung also added a Horizon AF-408 Small Format Folder which is used for producing and folding pharmaceutical inserts, a significant part of its business.
After all that, McClung is still looking for where they can make improvements to their operations. Next, they are considering adding a rotary die cutter and a perfect binder. “We’ve had our eye on those for a while, but we need to get completely up to speed with all of the new equipment we’ve purchased this year,” he concluded. “Between Standard, Horizon, and AGS, we have great partners that will help us get where we need to go, today and into the future!”