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German print media enterprise Nussbaum Medien in Weil der Stadt has signed up for a second KBA Cortina. The order was influenced by the company’s satisfaction with the performance of its first Cortina, whose inauguration at the beginning of 2006 heralded a transition to waterless, keyless newspaper production with automatic plate changing throughout. Nussbaum, which was founded in 1959, is the leading publisher of gazettes and bulletins in Baden-Württemberg and has established a reputation for innovation and agility.
Publisher Oswald Nussbaum, his daughter Brigitte Nussbaum, who is managing director, and her husband Thomas Buck, the printshop manager, were unanimous in their choice of press. Says Brigitte Nussbaum: "We serve around 150 cities and communities extending from Karlsruhe in the west to Esslingen in the east, and from Tübingen in the south to Heilbronn in the north. We provide a unique breadth of products with a total weekly circulation of around 550,000 copies. The individual editions vary between 500 and 28,000 copies, with anything from 8 to 156 pages apiece. Our overall output is steadily increasing, and if we are to comply with rigorous quality standards while maintaining our market agility and cost efficiency we need highly automated yet dependable press lines with short makereadies and minimum waste. Although our KBA Cortina waterless press was one of the first on the market, it fulfilled all our expectations and those of our customers, particularly in terms of product quality. So when a new press line was mooted we had every reason to go for another Cortina."
Formidable increase in capacity
The second Cortina tower press, which will have a 450mm (17¾in) cut-off on a web width of 1,260mm (49½in), will be erected alongside the first but in a mirror-image configuration. It will increase printing capacity by approximately 35,000 tabloid copies per hour, with a maximum of 32 full-colour A4 pages. It will be possible to link the two presses to print titles with up to 64 A4 pages in one pass. The new press will feature KBA PlateTronic automatic plate changers, KBA RollerTronic automated roller locks, KBA NipTronic remote-controlled bearings, centralised ink pumping and automatic blanket washing. Reel alignment, cut-off register control and web guidance, in conjunction with waterless offset technology, will ensure that start-up waste is kept to a minimum. The floor-mounted press will be configured with a KBA reelstand, a KBA KF 3 jaw folder and a KBA ErgoTronic console with diagnostics PC. The absence of fount solution and ink mist, and the low level of waste, underpin the KBA Cortina’s green credentials.
Publisher Oswald Nussbaum, his daughter Brigitte Nussbaum, who is managing director, and her husband Thomas Buck, the printshop manager, were unanimous in their choice of press. Says Brigitte Nussbaum: "We serve around 150 cities and communities extending from Karlsruhe in the west to Esslingen in the east, and from Tübingen in the south to Heilbronn in the north. We provide a unique breadth of products with a total weekly circulation of around 550,000 copies. The individual editions vary between 500 and 28,000 copies, with anything from 8 to 156 pages apiece. Our overall output is steadily increasing, and if we are to comply with rigorous quality standards while maintaining our market agility and cost efficiency we need highly automated yet dependable press lines with short makereadies and minimum waste. Although our KBA Cortina waterless press was one of the first on the market, it fulfilled all our expectations and those of our customers, particularly in terms of product quality. So when a new press line was mooted we had every reason to go for another Cortina."
Formidable increase in capacity
The second Cortina tower press, which will have a 450mm (17¾in) cut-off on a web width of 1,260mm (49½in), will be erected alongside the first but in a mirror-image configuration. It will increase printing capacity by approximately 35,000 tabloid copies per hour, with a maximum of 32 full-colour A4 pages. It will be possible to link the two presses to print titles with up to 64 A4 pages in one pass. The new press will feature KBA PlateTronic automatic plate changers, KBA RollerTronic automated roller locks, KBA NipTronic remote-controlled bearings, centralised ink pumping and automatic blanket washing. Reel alignment, cut-off register control and web guidance, in conjunction with waterless offset technology, will ensure that start-up waste is kept to a minimum. The floor-mounted press will be configured with a KBA reelstand, a KBA KF 3 jaw folder and a KBA ErgoTronic console with diagnostics PC. The absence of fount solution and ink mist, and the low level of waste, underpin the KBA Cortina’s green credentials.
