19 NovEMBER/Decem BER 2013 Exhibitor News and developments manroland retrofit project begins in Austria, Croatia Starting this year, manroland web systems will implement a comprehensive retrofit at three of the print group :Styria’s newspaper printing sites, earmarked for completion in 2014. PECOM control console systems will be retrofitted in Graz and Sankt Veit, Austria, as well as in Zagreb, Croatia. In addition, numerous other upgrades will be performed on Colorman, Geoman, and Uniset systems to ensure production stability over the long term. 17042, 17077 Short news Malayala Manorama orders Mitsubishi’s new 4 x 1 Diamondspirit-SA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery (MHI-P&PM) announced a sales contracts signing with Malayala Manorama Company, India, for five lines of its new 4 x 1 newspaper offset press, the Diamondspirit-SA. The Mitsubishi Diamondspirit-SA is a newly developed press designed and manufactured for the growing Indian and Asian markets. 17064 German publisher orders KBA Commander CL After the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung in Potsdam, the Main-Echo in Aschaffenburg has become the next German regional newspaper house to order the KBA four-high Commander CL press. The 48-page will be equipped with three reelstands, three four-high towers, and one folder. It will replace the existing press, installed in 1999, and is scheduled to go live in autumn 2014. 16972 New York Daily News chooses Speedliner 2.0 The New York Daily News, the fifth-largest printed newspaper in the USA, has upgraded its new KBA Commander CT presses with stitchers from Tolerans. In addition to producing its own publications, the company is also a contract printer and distributor. The newspaper chose Tolerans Speedliner 2.0 cylinder stitchers installed on two KBA KF7 2:7:7 jaw folders running at 90,000 cph, which are being used to stitch 3 million newspapers per week. 17047 New ProImage installations in the USA W GreenCross of Albermarle, North Carolina, specialises in newspaper inserts and direct mail. When talking about their use of the ProImage ink optimisation service, Paul Barker, Press Room Manager, GreenCross, states, “After testing the processed files, we found a significant increase in print quality and a reduction in ink used.” 16857 W New ProImage has also announced that the Nowata Printing Company, a U.S. newspaper and commercial printer, has implemented Pro- Image Press Register software. In 2010 the company implemented ProImage OnColor Eco ink optimisation software that, according to Gary Hensley, General Manager, saves the company more than US$ 140,000 per year. 16887 W The Advance Communications property The Patriot-News, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, has ordered a NewsWay system to automate production workflow and increase plate room and press productivity. 16894 www.worldnewspublishingfocus.org
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