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News Release from: Goss International | Subject: Newsliner web press, Colorliner tower
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 January 2008
Finnish Newspaper House Extends Goss
Press
To achieve the production of more colour, greater press utilisation flexibility and improved print quality I-print Oy in Finland is extending and enhancing its Goss Newsliner press.
The company is to add a Colorliner four-high tower, as well as spray bar, tape lead and ink motor upgrades The additional tower will give the press hall a total capacity of 80 broadsheet or 160 tabloid pages, with the ability to run a 32-page and a 48-page product side by side
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 8 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Currently, all jobs have colour on every page with an approximate split of 70 per cent broadsheet and 30 per cent tabloid.
The original shaftless press, which entered production in 1999 is still the nucleus of the I-print Oy operation.
With a four-tower, double-width Newsliner press using two folders, automation and a mailroom integrated in to the local postal distribution centre, the factory can feed two consecutive 32-page broadsheet products directly in to the mail stream.
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Sixty-four-page and 48-page products are also possible but running 48-page products for local and international contract work has often left the fourth tower underutilised, added Goss.
With its expanded capabilities, I-print expects to realise new opportunities in contract, freesheet and export printing.
In addition it believes the company will be able to take advantage, with its own title Ilkka, of the growth in Finnish newspaper advertising which continued at seven per cent through 2007.
According to Allan Halonen, production manager at I-print Oy: "With the trend towards more colour pages, we explored two options to increase capacity for higher pagination products.
We could either extend the press, or invest in new inserting equipment in our mailroom.
Fortunately, the modular design of the Goss presses made the first option more attractive." Halonen believes supplier support has contributed to the awards won by I-print and that a strong relationship with Goss International will help the company in achieving its target of having the press completely upgraded by the end of next summer.
The deadline is to ensure full production before the fourth quarter, which is always the busiest time of the year for I-print.
David Muncaster, commercial director at Goss International, commented: "Our work with I-print has illustrated why it is one of the most respected printing houses in Finland.
As a company, I-print combines enthusiasm with exceptional organisation and attention to detail and those attributes will complement our own project management approach and make it very rewarding to work with the company towards a successful enhancement.".
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