Finishing & Screen Printing
Druckzentrum Rhein Main selects Schur as future mailroom partner
Tuesday 02. June 2009 - Druckzentrum Rhein Main selects Schur as future mailroom partner for their upcoming top modern printing plant near Frankfurt
“We chose Schur Packaging Systems mailroom solution, not only because of the technical specifications and the economic scale of investment, but more importantly we based the decision on the low future running costs,” states Michael Rettig from Druckzentrum Rhein Main.
When Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main and Medienhaus Südhessen join forces in their future large top modern printing plant, Druckzentrum Rhein Main DRM, in Rüsselsheim, the mailroom system will consist of state of the art equipment from Schur. The DRM will be one of the major printing facilities in Europe with a weekly production of 28 different newspapers at an average circulation of 330,000 copies and additionally also printing an amount of 1 million supplements.
“This prestigious order emphasizes that we are considered as an important key player in the business of supplying mailroom solutions to the newspaper segment regardless if its a small, medium or even a large newspaper printing house with a high-volume production like the upcoming one at DRM. We are all very pleased with this order and look forward to the collaboration with the people at Druckzentrum Rhein Main,” states Ulrik Sthaalros, Managing Director of Schur Packaging Systems.
The new installation at DRM will be representing a complete mailroom solution consisting of five high-capacity production lines of which four of the lines include buffer and storage system, inserting, and packaging line – each line with three stacker processing lines including bundle address labelling, strapping, wrapping, and a truck loading bay system. The mailroom system is designed for flexibility and cost-efficiency and is highly automated requiring a minimum of manning. The four NewsStar inserters, will be the heart of the production lines, and gives DRM the opportunity to run a high number of inserts at high speed. Furthermore, the Schur solution provides DRM with the zoning possibility and thus individualization of the paper down to one copy.
With the development of the high-speed inserter NewsStar and the recent acquisition of Idab Wamac, Schur Packaging Systems signals a strong belief in the future. “We consider ourselves as an important future partner for newspaper printing houses. This agreement with DRM only confirms our strategy. Apart from having the most reliable and cost efficient product programme, we believe that the prescription of success means having a dedicated organisation, which develops and maintains a long term partnership with the customers through close co-operation at all levels,” concludes Ulrik Sthaalros.
The installation of the mailroom at Druckzentrum Rhein Main will be assigned in May 2010 and mid November Druckzentrum Rhein Main will start up the production.