Metro Press Users To Gather In USA

The Wall Street Journal and the Orlando Sentinel have announced that they will co-host the 39th Goss Metro press users group annual conference.

The Wall Street Journal and the Orlando Sentinel have announced that they will co-host the 39th Goss Metro press users group annual conference.

The conference will be be held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida (USA) from February 17-21, 2007.

Following the success of the 2006 Conference in Tucson, Arizona, which hosted 200 newspaper production delegates representing over 100 newspapers, the Metro users group urges members to register for the 2007 event as early as possible, said Goss.

For the 2007 event, a new feature will be the inclusion of three sequential one-hour training sessions, provided by Goss International that will take place on February 18.

The sessions will cover unit and folder rebuild, former board setting and trouble shooting techniques and productivity improvement.

All registered conference delegates can attend the training sessions.

The event's general session will include a technology update from Goss International and views on worldwide industry trends.

There will also be break out sessions on requested product topics.

Delegates are encouraged to suggest any topics that they would like included during the breakout sessions and a finalised agenda will be published before the event.

There will also be a series of seminars on specific industry related technical topics are scheduled.

Topics will include advice on ho improve quality, quality management methodology and experience sharing and the technical parameters of newsprint size reduction.

In addition, other items will include how to extend press life (featuring press enhancements, upgrade opportunities and obsolesence) and the CTP challenge - violet versus thermal choices.

There will also be the Metro users annual golf tournament.

Matt Theiler, president of the Metro users group commented: "The Metro users group is the largest newspaper printing press users' organisation in the world and our annual meeting provides a unique forum for the free and candid exchange of information, ideas, questions, problem-solving techniques and networking opportunities.

With all the challenges the newspaper industry is facing, this conference offers delegates an opportunity to meet and chat with experts and peers to hear about the worldwide industry trends and to learn and share technical expertise." Theiler added: "We are looking forward to hearing ideas and opinions from our members that will make the program more productive.

The networking opportunity with other delegates provides access to vast press production and technical experience among the attendees.

This, plus the learning opportunity from a packed programme of sessions makes this conference an essential event." The Metro users group was formed in the United States in 1968.

Since then Goss said that the group has expanded to embrace Goss double width models including Metro, Metro-Offset, Metroliner, Cosmo-Offset, Headliner, Colorliner and Newsliner presses, as well as the single-width Universal range of presses.

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