WIFAG notches Germ, Swiss sales

Neue Westfalische newspaper in Bielefeld-Sennestadt, Germany, will install two WIFAG evolution 473, presses on the premises of J.D. Kuster Nachf und Presse Druck GmbH & Co. Two sections of the press, slated to go live in March 2011, will be dedicated to newspaper production, including the 16-edition Neue Westfalische, the weekly Haller Kreisblatt and weekly newspapers and newspaper products, WIFAG said.
The presses consist of four WIFAG evolution 473/4 printing towers — 9-cylinder satellite units featuring a 4-by-2 configuration — with fully automatic plate changers, two KF 140 2:5:5 folders and four WIFAG autopaster A 50 reelstands. The central control console and production planning system will be supplied by ABB.
Meantime, WIFAG said that longtime customer Società Editrice Corriere del Ticino SA in Muzzano, Switzerland, purchased an evolution 371. The publisher prints the daily Corriere del Ticino and Giornale del Popolo, as well as a number of commercial jobs.
The new doublewide press replaces a WIFAG OF 9.2/370 and will be configured as four 4-high towers with four M-type autopasters and one 2:5:5 jaw folder. The pres can produce more than 95,000 copies of a tabloid up to 128 pages, in 4-color, WIFAG said.