Puerto Rican printer gets Goss M-800

Goss International Corp. said Advanced Graphics Printing of Puerto Rico installed an M-800 press to improve print quality, expand capacity and provide higher pagination capabilities. The press, capable of 70,000 iph, is intended to address current and future production requirements, according to Joel Acevedo, senior vice president and general manager at AGP.

“The M-800 press has doubled our pagination capacity to 64 pages – a first in Puerto Rico,” he said. “Before, if a customer wanted a 48-page product, for example, we would have to print 32 pages then change the plates and print a further 16 in a separate print run before combining the two sections in the bindery. Printing 64-page products in a single run is much more attractive.”

The eight-unit press at AGP was installed in a stacked configuration and is equipped with Contiweb CS splicers, Ecocool dryers and a JF-70 collect folder. Goss also supplied Omnicon controls and its Goss Web Center digital workflow modules.

AGP is affiliated with Grupo Ferré-Rangel, the holding company that produces Puerto Rico’s largest newspaper El Nuevo Dia, as well as Prima Hora on Goss presses.

Meantime, Goss launched a new enhancement for existing heatset dryers, and Quad/Graphics ordered six more after testing the first one in the United States. The Ecochill enhancement uses Goss’ Ecocool dryer technology to eliminate condensation on chill rollers, preventing smearing and ink picking and allowing web presses to be run at higher speeds, Goss said. The enhancement is available as a retrofit on all Goss Ecotherm and Ecoweb dryers as well as some dryers manufactured by other suppliers.

Finally, Goss said it sole a Sunday 2000 press to the Church of Scientology, which will be installed in early 2010.