Transcontinental Inc. selected Koenig and Bauer AG to supply it with the presses that it will use to print The (Toronto) Globe and Mail and semi-commercial work.
The printer purchased four triplewide Commander CT presses, each configured with four towers and a variety of single and double folders. The multi-unit machines will also be outfitted with six hot air dryers to permit commercial printing.
All the presses will be equipped with KBA control platforms.
Two of the presses will be installed in existing Transcontinental printing facilities in Calgary and Vancouver. The other two will be placed in a new printing plant to be built in Toronto.
Transcontinental last year said it would purchase new presses as a result of a $1.7 billion contract extension it signed with The Globe and Mail to produce the paper.
The printer said it would spend up to $200 million to establish what it termed “a new and innovative Canadian platform” anchored by presses capable of printing both newspapers and advertising inserts.
Perry Nixdorf, The Globe and Mail's vice president of operations, told News & Tech last fall that print quality and full-color production were driving forces behind the contract extension.
News & Tech will have more information about Transcontinental's plans and the new KBA presses in the September edition.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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