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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Commander
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 February 2005
German Newspapers To Master 5 Commanders
German newspaper printer and publisher Leipziger Verlags-und Druckereigesellschaft (LVDG) has ordered five KBA Commander web presses.
German newspaper printer and publisher Leipziger Verlags-und Druckereigesellschaft (LVDG) has ordered five KBA Commander web presses The first 48-page section for 4/4 with a 570mm (22.5") cut-off and 1,600mm (63") maximum web width will start production at the end of this year
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 23 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The second 48-page section, which will run in tandem with the first section to print six editions of the daily Bild-Zeitung, will come on stream in summer 2006 so that the title can be printed in full colour nationwide in time for the football World Cup.
The remaining sections are scheduled to go live at the end of 2006.
In early 2007 the Commander press line will take over production of LVDG's entire product range.
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The 'Kansas City Star', a title owned by US media group Knight Ridder, is about to take delivery of a KBA multi-unit Commander press line with a total of 36 four-high towers.
The press package includes 10 towers and 10 KBA Pastomat RC reel-stands with KBA Patras M manual reel feed.
KBA added that the stacked nine-unit satellites are engineered for image quality and straightforward four-colour printing via uniform web leads.
The printing couples will be connected to an automatic black and colour ink pumping unit, with automatic washing units for the blanket and impression cylinders.
There will be five 2:5:5 KF 5 jaw folders, 13 turner decks and five folder superstructures with two formers.
Provision has been made for cut-off register controls, skip slitters, a third former and section stitchers.
Ten EAE press consoles with production planning and Print presetting, a RIP interface and diagnostics PC support a high standard of automation.
Axel Springer in Hamburg and the Madsack publishing in Hanover each own a 50 per cent stake in LVDG.
Alongside the Bild-Zeitung and its Sunday equivalent, Bild am Sonntag, the Commander press will print two other dailies, Leipziger Volkszeitung and Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, a weekly (Leipziger Rundschau), a Sunday title (Sachsen Sonntag), sundry frees and gazettes and advertising journals.
The Leipzig printing plant, which has a payroll of around 280 people, prints 800,000 dailies per night.
The total circulation of the Sunday and weekday editions is roughly 900,000 copies.
LVDG director Herbert Flecken said: "We have worked with KBA for many years at Madsack's Celle, Peine and Göttingen sites, and are extremely pleased with the performance of their web presses.
We chose the Commander after conducting an exhaustive selection process which it won convincingly thanks to its above-average productivity, its excellent print quality - especially in four-colour images - and its cost-efficiency.
We'll be sharpening our competitive edge in the national newspaper printing market with cutting-edge technology." The 42,500 copies per hour (cph) Commander presses are said to print five 32pp or two 48pp plus two 32pp newspapers. Request a free brochure from KBA ...
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