French Newspaper Le Progrès de Lyon Will Be Printed on Heidelberg Mainstream Presses
07/25/2002
The Hersant group has chosen three Mainstreams to modernize one
of the leading regional daily newspapers in France
Modernization of production capabilities for the French regional newspaper Le Progrès de Lyon reached a major milestone with Holding Delaroche, which owns the Lyon-based daily paper, announcing it will invest in three gapless Heidelberg Mainstream presses.
Two presses with a total of 64 printing couples will be installed in the city of Chassieu, while a single press with 26 couples is slated for Saint-Etienne. Le Progrès has a circulation of 300,000 copies in the Rhône-Alpes region of France.
Holding Delaroche belongs to Socpresse, a division of the Hersant group, and manages the newspaper activities of Hersant in the Rhône- Alpes and Bourgogne regions. Hersant, the major publishing group in France, controls more than 20 percent of the newspaper market and owns around 80 newspapers and magazines in Belgium and France, including the French national daily newspaper Le Figaro.
Le Progrès is seeking to replace existing presses, a 30-year old installation, with equipment integrating the latest technologies. The Mainstreams will permit us to print more papers faster at our two production sites and they will also provide more color capacity and a superior print quality, thanks to the gapless blanket technology," explains M.Bonieux, member of the board of the Le Progrès group.
Launched in May 2000, the Heidelberg Mainstream, an 8-page press with a 1x4 format (double width, straight production), is designed to answer modern publishers' requirements in terms of high-speed, print quality and production flexibility. Heidelberg's exclusive gapless blanket technology eliminates gap related vibration. The dynamic stability provided by the gapless blankets allows the press to deliver premium print quality at up to 80,000 copies per hour with a 1x4 plate cylinder and a 1:1 plate-to-blanket cylinder ratio. As a result, the Mainstream can match the output of a traditional 16-page press running straight while reducing plate requirements by 50 percent. This cuts the cost of the additional plates, and the time necessary to make and mount them. A reduction in plates speeds up color makereadies, flying edition changes and overall changeover times.
"The Mainstream presses will provide us with a lot of advantages when producing multiple editions and for edition changes. They will enable us to be more competitive in the local market and develop our product offering and dedicated supplements ;" added M.Bonieux. "Thanks to an exclusive technology, the Mainstream allows faster mounting and dismounting of plates, which facilitates flying edition changes and provides significant time-savings."
The Mainstream presses at Le Progrès will have a 500 mm cut-off and a 1480 mm web width. They will print the Lyons-based daily newspaper in the same broadsheet format as the French national daily newspaper Le Figaro (500 mm x 370 mm). Two of the three presses will be installed in Chassieu, in the suburbs of Lyon. The third Mainstream will be in the city of Saint-Etienne, an hour from Lyon.
In Chassieu, the two Mainstream will have an identical configuration of eight webs, four towers, 34 printing couples and four formers. They will be equipped with a JF- 255 jaw folder and eight Heidelberg Contiweb FD pasters. The new presses will print up to 64 pages, including 24 pages in full color.
In Saint-Etienne, the Mainstream press will print up to 48 pages, including 16 in full color, eight in two colours and 24 in black. The configuration will include three towers, six webs, 26 printing couples and six Contiweb FD pasters .
The Mainstream for Le Progrès, which will be delivered by the end of 2003, will be manufactured at the Heidelberg site in Montataire, near Paris.
The facility specializes in the production of newspaper and commercial web offset presses.
This major investment from the Hersant Group, brings the total number of Mainstream presses sold around the world to 19, including 631 printing couples.
Heidelberg continues to confirm its position as an emerging leader in the newspaper press market. This is especially apparent in France, where Heidelberg also received orders for two Mainstream presses for the Spir communication group in September, 2000 and for La Dépêche du Midi in October 2001.
"Publishers have really measured all the advantages the Mainstream can bring them in terms of productivity, flexibility and print quality in color." declared Jacques Navarre, Senior Vice-President of Heidelberg's Newspaper Product Center. "We are happy to contribute to the development of Le Progrès, a major force in the regional press in France. It confirms that the Mainstream is very well adapted to the requirements of daily regional newspapers."
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hans-Dieter Siegfried
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 63
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hans-dieter.siegfried@heidelberg.com
Modernization of production capabilities for the French regional newspaper Le Progrès de Lyon reached a major milestone with Holding Delaroche, which owns the Lyon-based daily paper, announcing it will invest in three gapless Heidelberg Mainstream presses.
Two presses with a total of 64 printing couples will be installed in the city of Chassieu, while a single press with 26 couples is slated for Saint-Etienne. Le Progrès has a circulation of 300,000 copies in the Rhône-Alpes region of France.
Holding Delaroche belongs to Socpresse, a division of the Hersant group, and manages the newspaper activities of Hersant in the Rhône- Alpes and Bourgogne regions. Hersant, the major publishing group in France, controls more than 20 percent of the newspaper market and owns around 80 newspapers and magazines in Belgium and France, including the French national daily newspaper Le Figaro.
Le Progrès is seeking to replace existing presses, a 30-year old installation, with equipment integrating the latest technologies. The Mainstreams will permit us to print more papers faster at our two production sites and they will also provide more color capacity and a superior print quality, thanks to the gapless blanket technology," explains M.Bonieux, member of the board of the Le Progrès group.
Launched in May 2000, the Heidelberg Mainstream, an 8-page press with a 1x4 format (double width, straight production), is designed to answer modern publishers' requirements in terms of high-speed, print quality and production flexibility. Heidelberg's exclusive gapless blanket technology eliminates gap related vibration. The dynamic stability provided by the gapless blankets allows the press to deliver premium print quality at up to 80,000 copies per hour with a 1x4 plate cylinder and a 1:1 plate-to-blanket cylinder ratio. As a result, the Mainstream can match the output of a traditional 16-page press running straight while reducing plate requirements by 50 percent. This cuts the cost of the additional plates, and the time necessary to make and mount them. A reduction in plates speeds up color makereadies, flying edition changes and overall changeover times.
"The Mainstream presses will provide us with a lot of advantages when producing multiple editions and for edition changes. They will enable us to be more competitive in the local market and develop our product offering and dedicated supplements ;" added M.Bonieux. "Thanks to an exclusive technology, the Mainstream allows faster mounting and dismounting of plates, which facilitates flying edition changes and provides significant time-savings."
The Mainstream presses at Le Progrès will have a 500 mm cut-off and a 1480 mm web width. They will print the Lyons-based daily newspaper in the same broadsheet format as the French national daily newspaper Le Figaro (500 mm x 370 mm). Two of the three presses will be installed in Chassieu, in the suburbs of Lyon. The third Mainstream will be in the city of Saint-Etienne, an hour from Lyon.
In Chassieu, the two Mainstream will have an identical configuration of eight webs, four towers, 34 printing couples and four formers. They will be equipped with a JF- 255 jaw folder and eight Heidelberg Contiweb FD pasters. The new presses will print up to 64 pages, including 24 pages in full color.
In Saint-Etienne, the Mainstream press will print up to 48 pages, including 16 in full color, eight in two colours and 24 in black. The configuration will include three towers, six webs, 26 printing couples and six Contiweb FD pasters .
The Mainstream for Le Progrès, which will be delivered by the end of 2003, will be manufactured at the Heidelberg site in Montataire, near Paris.
The facility specializes in the production of newspaper and commercial web offset presses.
This major investment from the Hersant Group, brings the total number of Mainstream presses sold around the world to 19, including 631 printing couples.
Heidelberg continues to confirm its position as an emerging leader in the newspaper press market. This is especially apparent in France, where Heidelberg also received orders for two Mainstream presses for the Spir communication group in September, 2000 and for La Dépêche du Midi in October 2001.
"Publishers have really measured all the advantages the Mainstream can bring them in terms of productivity, flexibility and print quality in color." declared Jacques Navarre, Senior Vice-President of Heidelberg's Newspaper Product Center. "We are happy to contribute to the development of Le Progrès, a major force in the regional press in France. It confirms that the Mainstream is very well adapted to the requirements of daily regional newspapers."
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hans-Dieter Siegfried
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 63
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hans-dieter.siegfried@heidelberg.com
Heidelberg Web Systems
Joëlle Curet
Tel.: +33 (0)344 29 40 52
Fax: +33 (0)344 29 47 02
E-mail: joelle.curet@fr.heidelberg.com
Joëlle Curet
Tel.: +33 (0)344 29 40 52
Fax: +33 (0)344 29 47 02
E-mail: joelle.curet@fr.heidelberg.com
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