DCOS contracted for Norwegian press project

Norwegian newspaper Sunnhordland Trykkeri, located in the town of Leirvik on the island of Stord on the Norwegian west coast, has contracted with DCOS for an extensive press addition and upgrade project. Sunnhordland Trykkeri is a privately owned newspaper and printshop and one of the few in Scandinavia that is independent from larger groups. The closing of printshops in the surrounding area of Stord has enabled Sunnhordland Trykkeri to attract more contract work. 

DCOS will install three Goss Community 4-high towers and a Tensor H50 folder to the existing Goss Community/Global press in a multi-phase installation, while maintaining daily production at the facility.

DCOS will perform a complete electrical retrofit, replacing existing drives and controls with new drives and controls, a new control console, and converting the shafted drive system to a group shaftless drive configuration of 1-motor per 2-4 High towers. Other DCOS upgrades include adding remote inking and register motors to all current manual 4-high towers.

“Our acquisition of Tensor now allows us to be heavily involved in the mechanical aspects of a project, like the removal and reinstallation of equipment, adding remote inking, along with the traditional DCOS capabilities such as drive, controls, and automatic press registration and density control equipment upgrades,” said Mattias Andersson, managing director of DCOS.

DCOS will complete the project in April 2019.

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