Offset Printing
Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS IN THE WORLDS LARGEST PRESSHALL
Friday 29. January 2010 - News International invests in IDS
Q.I. Press Controls is proud to announce the order from Newsprinters in Broxbourne UK. Newsprinters is the printing division for News International. In terms of growth, market share, circulation and readership, their printed titles (The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and News of the World) are among the worlds most successful. One of Newsprinters manroland COLORMAN XXL press lines at Broxbourne, will be equipped with Q.I. Press Controls system for closed loop colour density control, the Intelligent Density System (IDS), in order to evaluate the benefits which are expected to include cost savings and quality improvements.
“News International is a highly respected organisation and an industry leader in many respects. They are known throughout the world as an innovative organisation, so the synergy between our two companies is a very comfortable fit”, states Simon Bermingham, Managing Director of Q.I. Press Controls UK. “Newsprinters printing plant in Broxbourne is the worlds largest (23 football pitches), it has 12 full-colour printing presses, each capable of printing 86,000 copies per hour and the site consumes more than 280,000 tonnes of newsprint a year. Newsprinters also have production facilities at Knowsley, Liverpool (5 presses) and Motherwell, Glasgow (2 presses).
About Q.I Press Controls
Q.I. Press Controls is the global leader in the supply of innovative and high-tech closed loop control equipment for all web offset printing presses. They offer a total solution for fully automated press control: colour and cut-off register control (mRC), closed loop colour control (IDS) and automatic fan-out control (ABD). In addition they offer the web based production database MIS, the Intelligent Quality Management System (IQM), which completes Q.I. Press Controls innovative portfolio. Each Q.I. Press Controls system is designed to generate substantial cuts in printed waste and costs while enhancing and stabilizing the quality of your printing process at the highest level. With proven examples of return on investment times often less then one year, Q.I. Press Controls helps customers to always stay one step ahead of the competition, with the latest technology.