70,000iph Dual-Web Press Increases Print Capacity

Designed to run at 70,000-impressions per hour, a new Goss M-600 dual-web press will increase printing capacity at one of the largest graphic corporations in Finland, Punamusta Oy.

Bought for Punamusta Oy's facility in Joensuu in eastern Finland, the new press will be the sixth M-600 system at the company.

The machine is due to be installed in the last quarter of 2007.

The Goss M-600 press at Punamusta Oy will include nine units in a stacked configuration with a JF-70 folder and Goss Ecocool dryer.

The dual-web press will also operate as two separate 16-page presses and will be equipped with the Autoplate fully-automatic plate changing system.

Multidrive, Omnicon controls and the Web Center workflow modules will provide make-ready speed and waste reduction benefits, claimed Goss.

Punamusta Oy, produces commercial and newspaper products that include magazines, newspapers, advertising publications, brochures and direct marketing products.

It took delivery of the world's first M-600 heatset press with the Autoplate fully-automatic plate changing system in 1996.

Jari Avellan, managing director Punamusta Oy, commented: "We were looking for a system to support and complement our existing presses and at the same time increase our competitiveness in the market.

Our existing presses are currently running at high capacity.

The new M-600 system, with the ability to print up to 32 pages, will give us flexibility and the additional capacity required to react to future changes in the market." He added: "Flexibility and quality are key to this latest investment.

Our customers have come to expect the highest print quality from us and this will continue to be our primary focus." According to Avellan, the new press is part of a EUR15 million investment in new equipment and facilities at the plant and will also create new jobs at the company.

Avellan continued: "A press constructed in this way with a dual-web is the best possible system for us at this time to allow us to satisfy customer demands.

Our first M-600 press was, at that time, a market reference for quality and technology but over the years, the M-600 technology has been enhanced and developed to maintain its position as the world's leading 16-page press equipped for today's publishing challenges.".

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