Consumables

Swiss newspaper printer opts for blanket cleaners

Wednesday 11. June 2008 - Debut for contex.c in newspaper printing / installation on a Goss Universal 50 in second half of 2008

The first cleaning system from the contex.c product series for installation on a newspaper press has been ordered by a customer from Switzerland. technotrans AG, systems supplier for offset printing, is to install the first 40 cleaners on a GOSS Universal 50 at Zehnder Print AG in Rickenbach (Switzerland) in the second half of 2008. This was announced on June 5, 2008 during the drupa industry exhibition.

“We were swayed by the innovative technology and the results of extensive tests conducted in preparation for this decision,” commented Printing Centre Manager Alexander Honsel. “Due to the sharp rise in the capacity utilisation of our facilities during peak times, we are compelled to exploit whatever potential there is for boosting efficiency. Bearing that in mind, the technotrans systems offer a wide range of advantages that genuinely impressed us,” added Andreas Zehnder, Managing Director of Zehnder Print AG.

“As a systems supplier we can provide our customers not just with products, but with entire solutions from a single source. As well as installing the cleaners, we have secured the contract for extending the ink supply system on the press,” remarked Henry Brickenkamp, Board of Management Spokesman of technotrans AG. “And we are delighted to celebrate this new landmark in accessing the new product area of cleaning systems with such a renowned customer.”

At Zehnder Print AG in Rickenbach, a workforce of around 110 specialists produces three daily newspapers (“Wall Street Journal Europe”, “International Herald Tribune” and “.ch”), 35 weekly newspapers, a variety of periodicals, telephone directories and various commercial web products. The company is part of the Zehnder Group, which is based in Wil, Switzerland. The group can genuinely be described as exceptional. Established in 1856, it now covers three areas of business: the Publishing Division with 27 weekly newspapers and three magazines, the Production Companies Division, and the Service Companies Division that operates cinemas, fitness centres and restaurants. The production companies include a copy centre, Zehnder Print AG and Rolf-Peter Zehnder AG in Wil.
Overall, the group employs around 450 people.