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Further waterless compact press for Denmark

Morsø Folkeblad in Nykøbing picks heatset KBA Cortina

Following the inauguration a few weeks ago of a compact KBA Cortina waterless coldset/heatset press at ELBO Avistryk in Fredericia, a second Danish media house, Morsø Folkeblad in Nykøbing Mors,has ordered a Cortina press with a similar capability for printing high-quality coldset newspapers alongside heatset semi-commercials. The two companies are planning to work closely together in future. The highly automated, eco-friendly press will ship this year and come on stream in a new printing plant in early 2009.

Quickswitchbetween coldset and heatset

“We are investing almost ten million euros – the highest figure in our 130-year history – to make our newspaper and sheetfed operations competitive on a long-term basis,” says Morsø Folkeblad chairman Ejnar Clausen. “Cutting-edge technology has traditionally played a major role: in 1968, for example,we were one of the first printing plants in Denmark to make the transition to offset. Alongside our own flagship daily we contract print a raft of freesheets, advertising insertsand other products, with the focus on short to medium runs. With the new press we are planning to expand into magazines so as to tap an alternative source of income to compensate for shrinking newspaper circulations. Our broad product spread and increasingly sophisticated customer demands have created a need for much greater flexibility, faster makereadyand outstanding colour quality.We chose the KBA Cortinabecause its proven automatic plate-changing systemand ability to print coldset and heatset products with the same inks cut changeover times to a minimum. This, together with low waste levels, easy operationand a high output, make the heatset Cortina the ideal choice for our specific production scenario.”

Extensive automation

The 75,000cph floor-mounted press has a 560mm (22in) cut-off on a cylinder circumference of 1,120mm (44in)and a maximum web width of 1,590mm (62½in). The compact tower incorporates automatic colour register controls, blanket washing and central ink feed, KBA PlateTronic automatic plate change, KBA RollerTronic automatic roller locks and KBA NipTronic remotely adjustable bearings. It is configured with a Pastomat reelstand and a KBA Patras M reel-handling system. The press package also encompasses a folder superstructure with two turner bars,two formers, cut-off register controls, a KBA KF 3 jaw folder,a heatset dryer with integrated afterburning and a raft of optional extras that include stitching, perforating or scoring andgluing,anddelivery as a broadsheet, a tabloid or with a quarterfold. The Cortina is controlled from one new-generationKBA ErgoTronic console with presetting software. Provision has been made to add a second tower at a later date.

Morsø Folkeblad’s new Cortinais the fourteenth order since thiswaterless compact press made its sensational debut at Drupa 2000. Nine press lines, totalling34four-high towers, have already gone live.

Photo 1:

Morsø Folkeblad’sKBA Cortina, which sports a raft of extras, goes live in Nykøbing, Denmark, at the beginning of next year

Photo 2:

Pictured on a tour of KBA’s production plant after signing the contract:Morsø Folkeblad’s production director Jørgen Jakobsen (centre), chairman Ejnar Clausen (on his left) and managing director and editor-in-chief Claus Thomsen(2nd right) flanked by (l-r) Håkan Rundén (KBA Nordic), Thomas Bergmann (KBA project manager), Robin Grunewald (KBA Nordic) and Jochen Schwab (KBA sales director)

Photo 3:

Of the 56 Cortina towers sold, 16 are triple-wide and 34 in operation