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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Commander 6/2
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 August 2006
French Newspaper Gears Up With KBA
Commander Press
Installation teams from KBA and Scholpp Montage have been busy in Marseilles (France) since March supervising the erection and commissioning of a new KBA Commander 6/2 press.
Installation teams from KBA and Scholpp Montage have been busy in Marseilles (France) since March supervising the erection and commissioning of a new KBA Commander 6/2 press at regional daily La Provence KBA site managers Peter Bodensiek and Steffen Thoma and their Scholpp counterparts, Eduard Borowikow and Piermend Eggenreich, have been leading the pess installation project
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 18 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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French Newspaper House Orders Six-Wide Commander
The French newspaper La Provence, owned by the Hachette Group, will be printed on a six-wide Commander 6/2 press line from Koenig and Bauer from the latter part of 2006.
The first of the two sections will go on-edition at the beginning of September, the second at the end of October, after which the press will be able to produce two 60 or one 72-plus one 48 broadsheet pages, or two 120 or one 144-plus one 96 tabloid pages, all with a high colour content.
Each tower will be able to print 24 broadsheet pages in full colour on both sides at a maximum speed of 90,000 copies per hour in straight mode said KBA.
The new Commander 6/2, which replaces a Goss Metroliner, will enhance the visual impact of La Provence and the other newspaper titles printed, added KBA.
Measuring 54.6m (180 feet) long by 14.1m (46 feet) high, the triple-width KBA press for La Provence consists of 10 nine-cylinder satellite towers for a web width of 1,890mm (74.5") 10 Pastomat RC reelstands, two KF 5 jaw folders with superstructures and four control desks.
Installation of the Commander 6/2 - the fifth in two years - posed something of a challenge: with access to the production hall severely restricted, added KBA.
Since it was impossible to use the existing 40-tonne overhead crane, the Scholpp team erected customised gantry cranes outside and inside the hall and, using cable winches, placed all the press components in their allotted positions with precision.
La Provence president Stephane Duhamel, plant manager Guy Savant-Aira and maintenance manager Jean-Louis Bouvier are full of admiration for the proficiency of the KBA and Scholpp teams in adhering to such a tight schedule, commented KBA. Request a free brochure from KBA ...
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