New Successes for Heidelberg in Newspaper Business
12/11/2001
The French newspaper publishing group Dépêche du Midi
(DDM, 152 million Euro sales) has announced its intention to
purchase two Mainstream newspaper web presses from Heidelberger
Druckmaschinen AG. The two presses are to be installed in Toulouse
in the south of France in 2003. They will be manufactured at
Heidelberg's Montataire site near Paris.
The purchase of the two Mainstream presses is part of an ambitious project on the part of the DDM Group to position itself as the leading print company in the south of France. The two new newspaper presses are to replace the three Heidelberg Harris web offset presses that the company has been using since the end of the 1970s.
"Heidelberg has established itself as a provider of innovative solutions for the publishing industry," said Bernhard Schreier, Chairman of Heidelberg's Management Board. "The sale of the two systems has increased the number of newspaper presses of this type sold worldwide since drupa 2000 to 14 machines with 473 printing units in total."
The configurations of the two Mainstream presses for Dépêche du Midi to be installed at the end of 2002 are identical and each has four printing towers with 32 printing units. Commissioning of the presses is planned for summer 2003.
About the Dépêche du Midi publishing group
The Dépêche du Midi publishing group is a family business headquartered in Toulouse, France and run by Jean-Michel Baylet. The company's main area of business is the newspaper sector. It publishes the Dépêche du Midi daily paper with an average circulation of 250,000 copies. It also publishes five other local papers including Le Petit Bleu d'Agen and La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées, free advertisers such as Publi Toulouse (300,000 copies) and regional weeklies such as Le Midi Olympique. The group also has sizeable shareholdings in television companies and travel agencies.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Investor Relations
Dirk Kaliebe
Tel: +49 (0)6221 92 60 20
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 60 61
E-mail: dirk.kaliebe@heidelberg.com
The purchase of the two Mainstream presses is part of an ambitious project on the part of the DDM Group to position itself as the leading print company in the south of France. The two new newspaper presses are to replace the three Heidelberg Harris web offset presses that the company has been using since the end of the 1970s.
"Heidelberg has established itself as a provider of innovative solutions for the publishing industry," said Bernhard Schreier, Chairman of Heidelberg's Management Board. "The sale of the two systems has increased the number of newspaper presses of this type sold worldwide since drupa 2000 to 14 machines with 473 printing units in total."
The configurations of the two Mainstream presses for Dépêche du Midi to be installed at the end of 2002 are identical and each has four printing towers with 32 printing units. Commissioning of the presses is planned for summer 2003.
About the Dépêche du Midi publishing group
The Dépêche du Midi publishing group is a family business headquartered in Toulouse, France and run by Jean-Michel Baylet. The company's main area of business is the newspaper sector. It publishes the Dépêche du Midi daily paper with an average circulation of 250,000 copies. It also publishes five other local papers including Le Petit Bleu d'Agen and La Nouvelle République des Pyrénées, free advertisers such as Publi Toulouse (300,000 copies) and regional weeklies such as Le Midi Olympique. The group also has sizeable shareholdings in television companies and travel agencies.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Investor Relations
Dirk Kaliebe
Tel: +49 (0)6221 92 60 20
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 60 61
E-mail: dirk.kaliebe@heidelberg.com
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