Provin Technos to represent Smyth in India

Smyth is the original inventor of the book sewing method known as Smyth Sewing worldwide. Smyth was founded by inventor David McConnell Smyth who was granted his first book sewing machine patent in 1879, championing the shift from labour-intensive hand binding to industrial-scale production. For more than 100 years, Smyth has been developing and manufacturing book sewing machines, gathering machines, sewing lines, casemakers and now finishing solutions for short runs, book on demand and digital printing. 

Today, Smyth is an Italian-owned company with two manufacturing facilities in northern Italy. Smyth headquarters, covering 6,000-sqmt on a 10,000-sqmt area, is located 100-km from Milan. The second facility, situated in Turin, is responsible for manufacturing all the mechanical components. From the design and planning stage to the manufacturing of each component, assembly, testing, software development, sales and customer care, all activities and operations are carried out in-house to ensure high-quality standards and expertise. 

Smyth offers a wide range of solutions that can fit the customer’s unique production needs and budgets from simplified hand-fed and semi-automatic book sewing machines to fully automated solutions, including entry-level, special-purpose and oversized book sewing machines. Unique technical features, top-quality materials and patented devices make Smyth machines robust, reliable, and durable, providing high-quality compact sewn books. 

Smyth acknowledges that not every production budget can accommodate costly investments. For this reason, they also offer top-of-the-line reconditioned machines that do not compromise on quality. As a manufacturer, machines are meticulously stripped down, inspected, and components replaced, following strict quality control procedures during the refurbishment process. Overhauled machines are supplied with a 12-month warranty that offers reliable performances comparable to brand-new ones at almost half price. 

Smyth firmly believes that the value of a machinery investment extends far beyond the initial sale and installation. The company’s goal is also to create a meaningful impact by delivering value-added after-sale service throughout the entire lifecycle of the investment. As part of company policy, Smyth provides free-of-charge remote technical support for all Smyth automatic solutions. This ensures trouble-free running of the machine with guaranteed spare part availability of over 25,000 part numbers in stock. Smyth machines built since 1967 are still in operation and are being provided technical support and spare parts for them worldwide. 

Smyth has recently entered into two significant partnerships. The first one is with Canon to deliver the new industry inline integration, empowering streamlined finishing hand-in-hand from printing through to book sewing and their second partnership is with Tecnau where Tecnau’s unwinder and guillotine cutter are combined with Smyth folding and sewing systems. This collaboration provides a cost-effective solution for producing sewn book blocks from the reels.  

“We, at Provin, look forward to serving the Indian printing market with a technically superior product that will boost quality and productivity for the end users,” Vinay Kaushal and Pradeep Nandagopal of Provin said.