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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Commander
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 September 2006
Commander Pressline Bound For Wales
Newspapers
As part of a production upgrade, North Wales Newspapers in Mold has placed an order for a Commander press line from KBA.
As part of a production upgrade, North Wales Newspapers in Mold has placed an order for a Commander press line from KBA The biggest media enterprise in the region, North Wales Newspapers prints 11 titles with a total weekly circulation of around 450,000 copies and more than 650,000 readers
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 23 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Amongst the titles is a daily newspaper, the Evening Leader, published in three editions Monday to Friday, three paid weeklies including the Powys County Times, with the remainder being free distribution weeklies, amongst them the Chester Standard, North Wales Chronicle, Wrexham Leader and North Wales Pioneer.
The Commander press for North Wales Newspapers will have a cylinder circumference of 1,156mm (45.5") and a standard maximum web width of 1,520mm (59.75"), though provision has been made to expand the options to 1,475mm (58"), 1,500mm (59") and 1,575mm (62").
The press will be configured with four H towers, four KBA Pastomat RC reelstands fed by a KBA Patras A automatic reel logistics system, complete with stripping station, two KBA KF 5 jaw folders, three ABB console and a diagnostics PC.
In addition to an MPS Production job scheduling and press preset system, automation modules include MPS Inform, Rolltrack and Maintenance.
The towers will feature KBA's automatically adjustable Rollertronic roller locks.
North Wales Newspapers managing director, Kevin McNulty, said: "For a family enterprise like ours, the new press represents an investment in our continued existence, so we are looking to build up a long-term relationship.
The main reasons we chose a KBA Commander were because it offered the most advanced proven technology in the marketplace, the greatest flexibility and the best print quality. Request a free brochure from KBA ...
We also felt that KBA's company structure and philosophy were closest to ours.".
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