French printing house gets Commander from Koenig & Bauer

French printing house L´Est Republicain is building a new press hall in Houdemont, France, to accommodate a Commander press line from Koenig & Bauer.

The line will replace two Miller-Nohab presses.

Koenig & Bauer will handle relocation of the press from Belgium to France.

At the same time, an additional web lead is to be added to the Commander.

Dismantling of the Commander is to start at the start of the coming year, and commissioning in the new press hall is already scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2020.

An extensive training package is being discussed and will be aimed at ensuring a stable start-up by familiarizing the operating and maintenance personnel with all aspects of the new press, according to Koenig & Bauer.

EBRA Group, the parent company of L´Est Republicain, prints up to 1.2 million copies daily at peak periods. The company concentrated production capacity to four printing plants in 2018

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