Offset Printing

Hornslet Bogtrykkeri orders KBA Colora

Hornslet Bogtrykkeri managing director Hother Hennings and KBA sales director Jochen Schwab signing the contract in Hornslet. Looking on are (l-r): Hornslet Bogtrykkeri consultant H P Bassøe, KBA Nordic's Håkan Rundén, Roland Eder of KBA project management and Hornslet Bogtrykkeri's senior partner Eric Hennings, sales manager Michael Munk and plant manager Hans Schriver Hennings

Monday 28. April 2008 - Denmark: new newspaper technology to drive growth

Danish printer Hornslet Bogtrykkeri in Hornslet is celebrating its centenary by expanding production capacity with a KBA Colora. Signed in mid-April, the contract is for a 4/2 press line that will be installed alongside an existing 2/1 press next year. Hornslet’s location some 20km (12½m) north of Aarhus is ideal for distribution throughout East Jutland.

Says managing director Hother Hennings: “We are adding a second press line in order to address a need for shorter production times and more capacity with a high print quality. The Colora will not only expand capacity but will also furnish much greater flexibility because we’ll be able to print low- and high-circulation titles simultaneously and thus more efficiently. The contract for the four-across Colora was the culmination of an exhaustive selection procedure which took us to a number of two-across and four-across reference installations. What settled the issue was the Colora’s high output, excellent print quality and sheer value for money. Its cutting-edge technology will enable us to enhance our competitiveness by offering a product spectrum ranging from 5,000 8pp copies to literally millions of high-pagination copies.”

Flexible technology for up to 64 tabloid pages

The 75,000cph floor-mounted press has a cylinder circumference of 1,120mm (44in) and can handle a maximum web width of 1,590mm (62½in). It will be configured with two KBA Pastomat C reelstands fed by a KBA Patras A automatic reel-handling system with stripping station. The two four-high towers will have automatic ink pumping, colour-register control and fan-out compensation. Further the press comprises two turner bars, a folder superstructure with two formers, a KF 3 jaw folder with a 2:3:3 cylinder ratio, a section and ribbon stitcher and a quarterfold capability. Provision has been made for the addition of a skip slitter, a gluing unit and length/cross perforators at a later date. The advanced level of automation extends to the control technology and will include job preparation and press presetting, a RIP interface to CTP pre-press for presetting the ink keys, and a diagnostic PC for remote maintenance.