Swiss media house Somedia Partner is investing in a
newspaper press from Koenig & Bauer. A Commander CL will be installed as a
replacement for a competitor’s press at the print center in Haag in St. Gallen
Rhine Valley and is scheduled to come on line in summer next year.
The new press will be used to print more than
120,000 daily and weekly papers every day.
The Commander CL comprises three four-high
towers, a KF 5 jaw folder, a section stitcher and three Pastomat reelstands
with a stripping station and Patras A paper-reel transport system.
“Given the situation presented by general
market developments, we are delighted to see that companies like Somedia
Partner believe in print and are making investments. We are also very satisfied
with the level of orders we have received for newspaper presses,” says Stefan
Segger, sales director at Koenig & Bauer Digital & Webfed. “Further
projects are in the pipeline and decisions are expected soon. Above all, the
products currently in high demand when making new investments are flexible,
practice-oriented and automated presses, and we have an outstanding image in
this respect with our trio represented by the Commander CL, Commander CT and
Cortina,” he said.
Somedia Partner consists of three independent
publishing companies: Somedia, Sarganserlander Druck and Vaduzer Medienhaus.
They produce eight regional daily titles, including the Sudostschweiz, the
Sarganserlander and the Liechtensteiner Vaterland. The nearly 50 employees at
the Somedia Partner print center in Haag also produce two weeklies, the Liewo
and the Schweiz am Wochenende.
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