For almost two decades, Boras Tidning Tryckeri (BTT) has
been a cornerstone in Bold Printing Group, one of the largest printing groups
in Nordic countries. The printshop in Viared (west of Boras ) was established in 2002 following a
joint venture between media groups Bold Printing and Gota Media.
Gota Media
is also the owner of the local newspaper Boras Tidning, who used to operate its
own printshop in downtown Boras
prior the joint venture.
Gota Media
decided to buy Bold Printing out of BTT and regain ownership of the printing
plant. The deal will be concluded before the end of the year.
With the
new owner in place, BTT decided to put their plans into action and DCOS
was awarded the contract to become the automation partner for the press
automation.
A KBA
Colora press at the site, installed in 2002, is unique in its design. It
consists of three four-high printing towers, one five-high and one folder. The
five-high was not part of the original press order, but at the time the press
was manufactured in Wurzburg, BTT secured another print contract requiring 80
pages and needed one additional web, the result was extending one four-high to
a five-high.
The press
automation was a mix of KBA on-press automation and EAE´s section controller,
control desks, planning and reporting. The drive system is a Bosch Rexroth
SYNAX system. In 2012 BTT placed the order with DCOS to equip the press with
its closed-loop inspection system, which included the replacement of the EAE
ink-preset system.
“We have
been very pleased with the original systems from KBA, EAE and Bosch Rexroth but
for us this was an opportunity to unify our automations systems into one
hardware and software platform,” says
Mans Kallqvist, production and technical manager at BTT.
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