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News Release from: Goss International | Subject: Flexible Printing System
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 October 2006
Goss Flexible System Provides Future
Flexibility
Family-owned business FD Hoekstra Boom, based in Emmeloord (The Netherlands) will receive the first Goss Flexible Printing System (FPS) press installation in mainland Europe.
Family-owned business FD Hoekstra Boom, based in Emmeloord (The Netherlands) will receive the first Goss Flexible Printing System (FPS) press installation in mainland Europe Bauke Jaap Hoekstra, chief executive officer of Hoekstra Boom, commented: "Pioneering is in our blood
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 18 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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With a company philosophy of embracing change and always looking to future improvements, we were particularly taken with the future-proofing of the FPS technology.
We want to be best positioned to be able to seize new opportunities and explore unanticipated avenues in the future.
This is one of the key advantages provided by the Flexible Printing System." The Goss Flexible Printing System press for FD Hoekstra Boom will comprise two 4 x 2 four-high towers with 58cm cut-off and 1,680mm web width, two Goss Contiweb FD pasters and a 2:5:5 modular jaw folder equipped with stitcher, skip slitter and quarterfold capability.
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The press has also been specified with a fully integrated Goss press control system, including pre-setting capabilities, predictive maintenance and self-learning technologies.
According to Bauke Jaap Hoekstra, quality in every part of the production process is of primary importance to the company and was the stimulus behind working for the IFRA ISO award.
He added: "We need the best pre-press systems, the best newspaper press, the best finishing equipment and the best people.
Everything must run at an optimal level all of the time; it is what we strive to achieve on a daily basis." Hoekstra Boom's own IFRA/ISO-standard print form was tested on the Goss FPS in Preston (UK) and passed with flying colours, said the company.
The proven and documented results achievable with Goss Digirail digital inking and 'preset and forget' technology, coupled with automation, semi-automatic plate-loading, automatic blanket washing and self-learning spraybar technologies were persuasive reasons behind the investment decision, said Goss.
The publisher also decided to consider future production changes now, by including preparation for changeable cut-off on both the units and the folder.
The press will be housed in a new low-height building adjacent to the existing press hall where a Goss Universal 70 press currently handles print requirements at the Emmerloord site.
Like the press itself, the press hall has been designed to provide maximum flexibility to allow for future expansion and changing requirements, added Goss.
FD Hoekstra Boom owns two subsidiary companies, Veenstra and de Vries based in Meppel and NRD BV based in Leeuwarden.
The two companies together account for 1.5 million printed copies per week, whilst the Emmeloord site prints approximately 1.8 million copies every week across 70 different regional newspaper titles.
The roots of the company go back to 1882, when Bauke Jaap Hoekstra's great grandparents set up a small family printing business.
From these humble beginnings the company has grown through business development, acquisitions and technical investment.
The company believes that the opportunities available through adopting an industrial process approach to print production are important and is the way to move forward as a business and that approach was instrumental in the choice of Goss FPS technology.
Bauke Jaap Hoekstra explained: "The success of this company is the result of specialisation.
We specialise in the production of newspapers, in the broadest sense of the word but also in entrepreneurship and teamwork.
Our team is committed to producing excellent quality work, quickly and for a good price; our entrepreneurial ethos drives us to optimise processes and capabilities to ensure we can reliably maintain these standards, no matter what the future may throw at us" And he continued: "Having ultimate production flexibility within clearly defined, sustainable parameters of quality and consistency is our objective here.
The Goss FPS press fits these aspirations perfectly.".
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