QIPC to upgrade presses at Switzerland’s Tamedia

Q.I. Press Controls will upgrade presses at Switzerland’s Tamedia printing centers with IDS-3D systems for closed-loop color control and other control functions.

Tamedia is Switzerland's largest privately owned media group. QIPC is headquartered in the Netherlands.

The order includes the installation on IDS-3D cameras of integrated Automatic Ink Mist Shield (AIMS) in all five towers of the WIFAG press in the Lausanne Tamedia plant and in four of the nine towers of the Koenig & Bauer press in Bern. This will give both newspaper presses a range of state-of-the-art functionalities, including ink density and dampening control, color register control, error detection and intelligent pre-setting of ink and fountain solution. In Lausanne, the whole thing will be supplemented by fan-out control.

"We are pleased that after thorough evaluation, Tamedia AG has chosen the IDS-3D system and thus one of the most innovative and future-oriented solutions on the market. The many advantages of the QIPC system will secure daily business benefits for Tamedia," said Peter J. Rickenmann, CEO of QIPC's Swiss agent Print Assist AG, a Koenig & Bauer company.

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