The IPS Group, Subsidiary of Spir Communication France, Invests in Two Mainstream Presses
10/10/2000
The presses with tubular blankets will be installed at Rotosud
in Reyrieu and Rotopicardie in Amiens
The IPS group, fully owned subsidiary of Spir Communication, which holds second place in the free sheet market in France, has just signed a contract to purchase two Mainstream presses. These two newspaper presses with tubular blankets are to be installed at Rotosud in Reyrieu (Rhône-Alpes region), which is fully owned by the IPS, and at Rotopicardie Amiens (Somme), in which IPS has a major shareholding.
On the Rotosud site, which is essentially dedicated to the Spir group´s printing of free sheets, the Mainstream will print about 2 000 000 copies a week, whilst "Le Galibot", free sheet distributed in the North of France, will be printed at Rotopicardie, producing approximately 3 500 000 copies a week. The installation of the Mainstream presses is planned for Spring 2002, replacing existing presses. "We wanted to offer more colour in our pubications, together with higher paginations, 4 page increments and increased advertising possibilities", said Francis Cartoux, Chairman of the IPS group. "The Mainstream is the perfect answer to our needs and will open up new horizons"", he continued. "It is double web width press, which will allow higher pagination and 4 page increments in tabloid format. Sunday technology, which offers higher colour print quality and a speed of 80,000 copies per hour, will offer a clear advantage over the competition. It will allow us to be more reactive with our free publications."
The two Mainstream presses offer an identical configuration. Each has 4 towers, 28 inking systems, 6 Contiweb FD reelstands and a JF 255 folder fitted with double chopper fold, with a 578.5 millimeter cut-off and a web width of 1700 millimeters. "This order from Spir Communication, which follows the order from the Telegraph Group in the United Kingdom, confirms the success of Sunday Technology for newspapers," said Jacques Navarre, Sales Director Europe of Heidelberg Web Systems. "It also proves that the Mainstream is an industrial tool which matches the needs of today´s newspaper and free sheet publishers, offering new opportunities and a significant competitive."
For further information:
Heidelberg Web Systems
Joëlle Curet
Tel.: +33 (0)344 29 40 52
E-mail: joelle.curet@heidelberg.com
The IPS group, fully owned subsidiary of Spir Communication, which holds second place in the free sheet market in France, has just signed a contract to purchase two Mainstream presses. These two newspaper presses with tubular blankets are to be installed at Rotosud in Reyrieu (Rhône-Alpes region), which is fully owned by the IPS, and at Rotopicardie Amiens (Somme), in which IPS has a major shareholding.
On the Rotosud site, which is essentially dedicated to the Spir group´s printing of free sheets, the Mainstream will print about 2 000 000 copies a week, whilst "Le Galibot", free sheet distributed in the North of France, will be printed at Rotopicardie, producing approximately 3 500 000 copies a week. The installation of the Mainstream presses is planned for Spring 2002, replacing existing presses. "We wanted to offer more colour in our pubications, together with higher paginations, 4 page increments and increased advertising possibilities", said Francis Cartoux, Chairman of the IPS group. "The Mainstream is the perfect answer to our needs and will open up new horizons"", he continued. "It is double web width press, which will allow higher pagination and 4 page increments in tabloid format. Sunday technology, which offers higher colour print quality and a speed of 80,000 copies per hour, will offer a clear advantage over the competition. It will allow us to be more reactive with our free publications."
The two Mainstream presses offer an identical configuration. Each has 4 towers, 28 inking systems, 6 Contiweb FD reelstands and a JF 255 folder fitted with double chopper fold, with a 578.5 millimeter cut-off and a web width of 1700 millimeters. "This order from Spir Communication, which follows the order from the Telegraph Group in the United Kingdom, confirms the success of Sunday Technology for newspapers," said Jacques Navarre, Sales Director Europe of Heidelberg Web Systems. "It also proves that the Mainstream is an industrial tool which matches the needs of today´s newspaper and free sheet publishers, offering new opportunities and a significant competitive."
For further information:
Heidelberg Web Systems
Joëlle Curet
Tel.: +33 (0)344 29 40 52
E-mail: joelle.curet@heidelberg.com
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hans-Dieter Siegfried
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 63
E-mail: hans-dieter.siegfried@heidelberg.com
Corporate Communications
Hans-Dieter Siegfried
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 63
E-mail: hans-dieter.siegfried@heidelberg.com
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