This new order underlines the competiveness of the two Swiss companies in terms of modernization, modification and retrofitting of web printing presses in the global printing machine market and the ongoing confidence of publishers and printers in //wifag and GAMAG as print solution providers.

The reconfigured press will be able to produce up to a total of 32 pages broadsheet or 64 pages tabloid in full color. Full production is scheduled for September 2013.

Founded in 1895, Theiler Druck AG is an important regional print and publishing company.

//wifag (Fribourg, Switzerland) is a renowned press supplier in the graphic industry with experience in development, engineering, automation, manufacturing and retrofit of printing presses, as well as in international project management and customer service.

GAMAG (Bern, Switzerland) is an important partner in the graphic industry with experience in dismantling, moving and reinstallation, as well as retrofitting of web printing machines of all types and brand names. With innovation and entrepreneurial spirit GAMAG broadened their product and service range. Today, they provide matured, reliable, attractive and cost-effective solutions to small and midsize newspaper printing companies.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact:

Rolf Mani
Head of Automation // Printing Presses
WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG
Phone +41 26 426 18 88
Direct +41 26 426 16 88
rolf.mani@remove-this.wifag.com

Noel McEvoy
Director of Sales & Marketing // Printing Presses
WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG
Phone +41 26 426 18 88
Direct +41 26 426 18 11
Mobile +41 79 300 74 26
Noel.McEvoy@remove-this.wifag.com

This new order reinforces the cooperation of the two Swiss companies in terms of the modernization, modification and retrofitting of web printing presses in the global printing machine market.

Herenco AB purchased KBA satellite units from Trykkompagniet AS in Hvidovre, Denmark. These units will be dismantled, refurbished and reinstalled on the existing KBA Express machine located in Jonkoping, Sweden. With this extension of the press 80 tabloid pages can be printed in full colour in straight production (160 pages collect), using two folders. Controls retrofit will be executed by the local DCOS company. The overall project is being coordinated by GCON. The reconfigured press will be in full production at the end of 2013.

Hallpressen, the newspaper division of Herenco AB Group, is one of Sweden’s leading regional newspaper groups and has over 330, 000 readers across southern Sweden on a daily basis, which represents seven out of ten inhabitants in the region.

The order by Herenco AB is already the second one for //wifag and GAMAG that calls for a refurbishment of a KBA press in the Nordic Region. Last year, Finnish Esa Lehtipaino Oy placed a reconfiguration and retrofit order for a KBA Express that will be completely reconfigured and installed in Lahti following a retrofit by GAMAG and //wifag. This printing press is also scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2013.

//wifag (Fribourg, Switzerland) is a renowned press supplier in the graphic industry with experience in development, engineering, automation, manufacturing and retrofit of printing presses, as well as in international project management and customer service.

GAMAG (Bern, Switzerland) is an important partner in the graphic industry with experience in dismantling, moving and reinstallation, as well as retrofitting of web printing machines of all types and brand names. With innovation and entrepreneurial spirit GAMAG broadened their product and service range. Today, they provide matured, reliable, attractive and cost-effective solutions to small and midsize newspaper printing companies.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact:

Noel McEvoy
Director of Sales & Marketing // Printing Presses
WIFAG-Maschinenfabrik AG
Phone +41 26 426 18 88
Direct +41 26 426 18 11
Mobile +41 79 300 74 26
Noel.McEvoy@remove-this.wifag.com

In view of this asset deal, the new company „Lüscher Technologies Ltd“ in Bleienbach (CH) has been founded. Within the next 3 months the whole operation and organisation of the former Lüscher AG will be transferred into new premises in Bleienbach. This will enable the new “Lüscher Technologies Ltd” to take advantage of all kinds of synergies in the area of administration, logistics and operations using the infrastructure and support of Daetwyler Graphics AG (a subsidiary of Heliograph Group).

The new „Lüscher Technologies Ltd“ continues to service and manufacture the former products XPose, MultiDX, XDrum and JetScreen round to support the operation of the installed base for all customers globally.

Sales and Service of all „Lüscher Technologies Ltd“ products will be handled by the sales and service hubs of the Wifag-Polytype Group and the Heliograph Group in their respective market/product application segments. Said this, “Lüscher Technologies Ltd” gets access to two non-competing sales networks of more than 20 sales and service organizations globally (www.wifag-polytype.com and www.heliograph-holding.net ).Together with the integration of existing and potential new distributors „Lüscher Technologies Ltd“ will have an ideal set-up to better serve the different markets and applications in favor of the customers.

„Lüscher Technologies Ltd“ will be managed by Peter Berner (former CTO of Lüscher AG) to ensure continuity and innovation combined with the leverage of operational and logistical potentials of the new owners.

After a long period of uncertainty the employees can now focus on customers and their expectations again and are ready to support the installed base as well as new requests and challenges. Customers will be informed directly about the organization, contact persons and procedures in the next few days.

Questions concerning the owners of “Lüscher Technologies Ltd” are answered by:

- Peter Ruth, CEO Wifag-Polytype Holding AG, peter.ruth@remove-this.polytype.com

For questions concerning products, spare parts, service interventions and general organisation please contact:

- Peter Berner, CEO Lüscher Technologies Ltd, PBerner@remove-this.luescher.com

Background information:

The Wifag-Polytype Group is a globally active group of companies of 1200 employees being active in the manufacturing of production lines and systems for aluminum and steel aerosol containers, beverage bottles and tubes (www.mall-herlan.com), extruded and laminated plastic tubes lines, as well as decorated plastic cups/containers systems (www.polytype.com), coating lines for flexible packaging and technical films/foils (www.polytype.com), newspaper/book printing machines and services (www.wifag.com) and in trading and service business for the graphics industry (www.wifac.nl). With its sales/service and manufacturing network in USA, Brasil, India, Thailand and China/Hongkong our customers are supported globally.

The Heliograph Group of companies with 500 employees worldwide, develops, manufactures and services pre-press equipments and systems for rotogravure, flexo print and embossing and sees itself as leader of the complete manufacturing processes for rotogravure, embossing cylinders and in direct laser engraving technology for elastomeric flexo plates. Flexible packaging, décor and magazine printing are the core markets of the Heliograph Group and are supported by manufacturing sites in Germany, Switzerland, USA and China and 10 sales and service companies in additional 10 countries.

//wifag is a business division of the WIFAG-Polytype Holding AG based in Fribourg, Switzerland and is successfully active in the market with a new self-image. The premium supplier of printing technology has transformed itself into a development and automation expert.

About 40 senior employees from German //wifag user plants as well as from Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway and Finland obtained an exclusive insight at the user meeting into new developments from Fribourg and //wifag newspaper technology of tomorrow as well as retrofit possibilities and press repurposing solutions.

Participants welcomed the words of //wifag CEO Jörgen Karlsson in particular. His main message to customers and users had to do with certainty, the certainty that an economically successful supplier has potential in the newly restructured WIFAG-Polytype Holding AG for intensive research and development.

Jörgen Karlsson: "Today //wifag is very, very stable, not just when you look at its financial statements but also because our business model works." This model also features contracts involving retrofits and upgrades. Within this group of companies, //wifag is the frontrunner, especially in automation. The developers for newspaper printing machine technology derive the financial base they need from the fact that other business areas profit from innovations in web monitoring, for example.

A substantial part of the German speaking user meeting 2013 was devoted to insights into the Rhein Main printing center. For two and a half years, this facility has been operating a //wifag evolution 473/6, a six-plate wide web printing press in nine cylinder satellite design with a total of eight printing towers, eight reel stands and five folders. Every day, the four 48-page machine sections print about 300,000 daily newspapers of Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main (VRM) and Medienhaus Südhessen (MHS) in 31 different editions. In addition, this press handles numerous weeklies and church newspapers with runs amounting to about 1.5 million copies per week. The 160 employees in the new printing center use a grand total of about 25,000 tons of paper every year.

The four-high tower press is based on a single modular printing unit design. Thereby, the number of different components is reduced to a minimum. This lowers the number of spare parts and makes maintenance straightforward.

Less than 5m high, the new S-Line press can neatly fit into a standard industrial building. The S-Line design is a fine balance between size and optimal ergonomic conditions.

Other benefits include quick make-ready time, fast webbing up, low start-up waste, short washing cycles, quick changeover times and optimised user friendliness with easy-to-read displays.

Optional extras include semi-commercial package, the ability to handle webs of different widths and a choice of semi-automatic and fully automatic plate changing.

Configurations 2/2, 4/1 and 4/2

The new S-Line has a maximum rated output of up to 80’000 copies per hour, depending on the format. Cut-off range is from 470 to 578mm. Web widths according to customer specifications.

Print Quality

The new S-Line is designed to meet the highest print quality criteria.

Automatic functions

The //wifag machine controls “Platform” stands for a standardized and modular framework which controls the many automatic functions. With over 10 years of industrial printing experience the “Platform” solution has been implemented on all //wifag presses since 2003. Since its launch, “Platform” has been continuously further developed. New functions have been added and new technologies such as real time Ethernet, powerful and safe VPN based remote support concepts as well as touch-based user interfaces adopted.

The new, state-of-the-art and ergonomic press consoles enable easy planning and efficient presetting. Automatic start-up, changeover and production end sequences mean good copy is rapidly reached and waste is kept to a minimum.

The S-Line is equipped with the following automatic functions:

• Web lead presetting

• Web tension control

• Ink key presetting

• Colour, cut-off and density controls

• Quick start, stop and changeover sequences

Depending on the production needs and the press configuration, an optional motorised or fully automated reel-handling system can be supplied

What does the automation “Platform” include?

The names “Platform” and “Platform plus” stand for standardized, modular frameworks that combine a number of automation tasks.

These include, for example, a universal control cabinet concept for all machine components, such as autopasters, printing units and folders. Innovative cooling concepts allow closed control cabinets with no exchange of air with the surroundings; this results in less maintenance and keeps the electrical and electronic components installed in the control cabinets clean and free from dust for many years. Standardized electrical engineering that uses identical components throughout the machine leads to simple, easy-to-understand solutions and minimizes the diversity of components in the spare parts package.

Uniform hardware engineering also permits the production of standardized modules in software development which – once tested – can be used repeatedly. This is an important aspect for the high reliability and technical availability of a printing machine.

Continuous development

The “Platform” has been continuously further developed since its first use in a customer's project. Not only has the scope of its functions been constantly expanded, but even more importantly new technologies have found their way into the solution – for example real-time Ethernet, powerful and safe VPN-based remote maintenance concepts as well as modern touch-based controls. //wifag was one of the first companies in the world to use SERCOS III in a machine on a daily basis.

A further important milestone was the integration of the //wifag control systems for colour register and cutting position in the automation “Platform”. This is why //wifag is able to offer customers a one-stop, universal solution. Complicated and often expensive interfaces are not needed.

Facts and figures

A glance at the installed printing machines equipped with “Platform” provides some impressive figures. Since 2003, for example, more than 300 autopasters, 2,350 printing couples and over 90 folders have been delivered to customers around the world and put into operation. These statistics are supplemented by over 70 installed //wifag cut-off controls as well as 190 printing towers, in which the colour register is monitored by a //wifag colour register control system.

These figures prove that the majority of all shaftless printing machines ever made by //wifag are equipped with the //wifag automation solution.

Current developments

The further development of the “Platform” has been in full swing for almost 10 years now. At the beginning of the year a new, single-width autopaster – the //wifag Autopaster A1 – was developed, manufactured and delivered that is based completely on the //wifag automation “Platform”. Since then, 18 units have been delivered, the majority of which are already being used in daily production.

A further decisive development took place on the control console and planning level. //wifag delivers the latest machines with its own control console technology. The control consoles have been developed with the aid of the latest technologies and offer optimal ergonomics and operator convenience. Intelligent visualizations of the production processes paired with intuitive, touch-based controls make it easier for the printer to monitor newspaper production. Optionally, the control consoles can also be equipped with a //wifag softproof monitor.

The //wifag press manager provides a comprehensive and easy-to-use tool for production planning and machine configuration. Additional functions such as reporting and production statistics can be supplied as necessary.

In the field of closed-loop systems, the mark-based ink density control was the latest development to be added to our product portfolio. The 3D-controller function, consisting of cut-off, colour register and ink density controllers, is a standard feature in the new S-Line press ranges. However, use of these controllers is not restricted to //wifag printing machines – they can be installed on almost any printing machine.

The “Platform” is also used within the wifag//polytype group. The latest Virtu Quantum large format digital printer from the Virtu Business Unit is based on this “Platform”. What is remarkable here is the link to digital printing that has been realized for the first time with this machine. The forthcoming DigiCube digital single-pass print solution is also equipped with the same “Platform”. The //wifag automation “Platform” is a safe investment with respect to new technologies since it is ready and open for later technology upgrades.

Complete one-stop solution, also for third-party printing machines

The entire product portfolio from //wifag automation is used in the new S-Line and to retrofit existing //wifag printing machines as well as machines from other manufacturers. One excellent example of this is the recently placed order for the complete conversion of a KBA Express and its equipment with //wifag automation solutions in Lahti (Finland).

Since GAMAG and WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG only recently signed a cooperation contract to work the global printing machine market together in terms of the modernization, modification and retrofitting of web printing presses, this order from Lahti in effect launches the partnership cooperation.

Esa Lehtipaino Oy will purchase a KBA Express that is currently located at Kaleva Oy in Oulu. This machine will be completely reconfigured and then installed in Lahti following a comprehensive retrofit by GAMAG and //wifag that will include new automation and press controls. It is expected to go into operation at the end of 2013. The overall project is being managed by GAMAG.

For Finland, Esa Lehtipaino Oy is a medium-sized newspaper printer and publisher headquartered in Lahti. The annual turnover this year will be eight million euros, with the publisher's own newspaper products accounting for around 85% of this.

The reconfigured newspaper printing press consists of four reelstands, three printing towers in a satellite design, two angle-bar modules for three webs each, and two jaw folders 2:5:5 with balloon formers, skip slitter and a quarter folder. These allow the production of a broadsheet paper with a maximum of 48 pages or a tabloid paper with a maximum of 96 pages in full colour.

The use of the //wifag Platform drive and press control system requires the upgrading of the printing towers, the drive rollers in the angle-bar module, folder superstructure and the folders to the latest direct drive technology. The electromechanical sidelay register drives as well as the mechanical auxiliary registers and their electromechanical servo drives will also be renewed. Furthermore, the newspaper printing press will be operated from two //wifag control consoles and equipped with a new softproof system from //wifag. A //wifag production planning and machine presetting system rounds off the scope of delivery.

The availability of spare parts will be ensured for many years to come through the retrofit. In addition, the renewed newspaper printing press will have a number of innovative functions to improve the quality and reduce waste. These functions correspond to those of a new machine. The renewed printing press can be equipped with the latest generation of //wifag color and cut-off register controls.

Plans are already being made for the conversion of the building scheduled to begin in February so that the newspaper printing press can be installed in Lahti starting in May 2013. The scope of delivery includes dismantling the machine in Oulu, all transports, the retrofit, which will be split between Lahti and Petäjävesi, the reconfiguration and integration of the //wifag automation solutions, as well as the start-up of the press. In other words, the order is for a turnkey project.

The newspaper printing press has been provisionally scheduled to go into operation on 6 December 2013 (Finland's Independence Day).

Fribourg, Switzerland – October 2012

WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG, a division of the wifag//polytype group with offices in Fribourg (Switzerland), and GAMAG Grafische Manufaktur AG (Bern, Switzerland) recently signed a cooperation contract. The two companies will work the global printing machine market together in terms of the modernization, modification and retrofitting of web printing presses. The result is a globally active service provider in this segment, one that has both considerable experience and the requisite development and engineering capacities.

//wifag is a leading supplier to the newspaper industry within the wifag//polytype group and has extensive experience in the development, engineering, automation, manufacture and retrofitting of printing machines as well as in project management and customer service. The complete portfolio of web printing presses is offered under the //wifag and //wifag SOLNA brands while at the same time a large installed machine base for both brands is reliably supported throughout the world by our own service organization, including 24/7 remote service.

GAMAG has been a key partner in the graphic industry for over two decades and is primarily active in North and South America and Europe. Now with 16 employees, the company was founded in 1992 in Switzerland and has outstanding experience in the relocation, reinstallation and retrofitting of all kinds and brands of web printing presses.

GAMAG has extended its range of services over the past few months with a great deal of innovation and entrepreneurial ingenuity, offering newspaper companies economically attractive and technically refined solutions for added-value productions.

The //wifag and GAMAG modification and retrofitting solutions are based on experience and innovation in the fields of mechanical engineering and control technology to ensure long-term stability in production. The joint offering yields numerous customer advantages. Modifications and retrofits reliably prolong the service life of existing production facilities. As a result, all of the components, electronics, software and the functions of the reconditioned printing machine remain fully operational.

Modifications and retrofits with //wifag automation solutions and GAMAG know-how can be realized on virtually any type of web printing press of all globally represented machine manufacturers.

Following the successful integration of know-how and the technical teams from Solna and Wifag in Fribourg, Wifag presents to the trade professionals in Frankfurt the new “S-Line” of printing presses. The proprietary automation solutions play here an important role and allow a completely new price/performance ratio based on proven Swiss quality. Retrofit solutions are another focus which Wifag will, together with an experienced partner, offer worldwide.

Using the Wifag und Solna brand names, the Swiss press supplier offers the complete range of new printing press solutions –from single width 2/1 machines up to high performance double width 4/2 presses in different levels of automation for all markets around the world.

Invitation to the Wifag press conference

More information for the trade press – details on the new S-Line, about the Retrofit-Partner and on the current press orders – will be presented by Wifag at the WPE Press conference on Tuesday, 30 October 2012, at 9.30am in the Cosmopolitan Lounge, Hall 9.T, Expo Frankfurt.

After a long and extensive investigation by the management and technical team to modernize press controls and add new closed loop controls for density, colour register and cut-off register, BT Trykk opts for Wifag to implement the in-house, state-of-the art Wifag “Platform Plus” controls and thereby start the replacement of the existing controls.
In cooperation with 3T Control for the closed loop controls, this is an exciting premiere in Scandinavia. The project will be realized in the course of 2012. This is the first time that such a comprehensive package will be realized on a Wifag press.
The Wifag OF 370 press line comprising 9 towers and 2 folders was commissioned in 1998. Bergens Tidende is printed at BT Trykk. It is Norway's fourth largest newspaper and largest regional newspaper that reaches approximately 260,000 readers every day. BT Trykk is part of the Media Norge, the largest media company in Norway, with strong positions in national and regional media as well as printing such as Bergens Tidende, VG, Dagbladet, Aftenposten. BA and Haugesunds Avis.

APM Print d.o.o. in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, is a specialized Ringier Axel Springer company which produces daily newspapers. Among other publications, it produces the daily newspapers BLIC with an average print run of 180,000*, ALO with an print run of 160,000*, and 24 sata with a daily average of 155,000* copies. With its decision to invest in a new newspaper web press, APM Print d.o.o. begins a comprehensive renovation of its entire newspaper production.
The ordered printing press includes three WIFAG evolution 473/6 triple-width/double circumference satellite printing towers, three WIFAG M60 autopasters, and two 2:5:5 jaw folders. With a folder superstructure of three formers and the optional ribbon stitchers, up to 72 pages of broadsheet or 144 pages of tabloid can be combined in a variety of book structures.
Thanks to WIFAG‘s Platform+ drive and press control system complemented by a no-mark cut-off register control as well as semi-automatic plate changers, the printing press is highly automated to ensure low start-up waste, consistent print quality and short change-over times. WIFAG‘s own control system permits future system expansion with offset or ink jet based printing units from WIFAG.
The wide-ranging renovation of newspaper production at APM Print d.o.o. begins with the construction of a new press hall at its current location in Belgrade's Novi district. The new WIFAG evolution 473/6 will be delivered in the summer of 2012 and will be put into operation in the 4th quarter of 2012 along with the expanded mailroom.

The success of the //wifag automation solutions for the newspaper production industry continues with the order to replace the existing command and control console.
The media group Suomen Lehtiyhtymä Oy in Finland, has ordered a command retrofit for its existing OF370 printing press which includes a new control console as well as a new //wifag softproof solution to enhance quality control for their printing center in Hämeen Lehtipaino Oy, Hämeenlinna, Finland.
The replacement of the existing system will allow the customer to have a consistent and coherent command system for the whole press line. This cost-efficient investment prolongs the useful life of the press and makes a decisive contribution to efficiency and the operator friendliness.
The new systems will be commissioned in the course of 2012.
For further information
noel.mcevoy@remove-this.wifag.com

With the acquisition of Solna by WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG, current and future customers from both companies will benefit with the design of new and interesting offers.
A new division, WIFAG Automation, has been created in which the skills of both WIFAG and Solna are concentrated. As a result, the products and expertise from both companies are united to form a more harmonized entity. With a combined team of more than 30 employees, WIFAG Automation and their partner companies, as-automotion AG and Swedish Graphic Systems, will be able to offer a combined expertise to both existing and prospective customers. WIFAG Automation is now in a unique position to offer complete solutions from one source. These consist primarily of production planning and management systems, control desks and systems for machine control as well as color register, cut-off register and color density controls.
Integrated retrofit solutions, whether modular or complete, illustrate interesting concepts for the conservation of value and production safety of the entire printing press. Innovative automation functions, whether reducing waste, or increasing the degree of automation or improving the service and diagnostic capabilities, are all a part of the product portfolio of WIFAG Automation, as well as the extension of existing presses with soft-proofing systems, fully automatic plate changers and roll logistics solutions.
All activities and products of WIFAG automation are presented in a new, clear and concise brochure.
Visit us at IFRA Expo in Vienna, Austria
10-12 October 2011
HALL B, Stand 180,
and let’s talk about Competitive Printing Solutions.
For further information contact:
Noel McEvoy
noel.mcevoy@remove-this.wifag.com
tel. +41 26 426 18 88

In April 2011 //wifag acquired Solna AB, a leading Swedish supplier of high speed single wide presses for newspapers and books. The organizational integration of Solna into //wifag is progressing successfully and the //wifag assembly crew in Fribourg is enthusiastic about the task at hand of assembling this high performance single width press. The first components for the leading financial daily in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Economical Times have already arrived at the wifag//Polytype factory in Fribourg, Switzerland.
This order will be the first carried out by Swedish and Swiss engineers for our faithful customer in Hong Kong.
With the new press, HKET extends its existing printing fleet with a whole new D390 press line, consisting of eight 4-high towers and one folder. Furthermore, their existing Solna D380 printing press line will be extended with two additional 4-high towers D390. After installation of these recently ordered printing units, HKET will, together with existing Solna presses, have a total of 392 printing couples (196 printing units) running.
Come see us at the WAN-IFRA Conference and Expo:
10-12 October 2011, Vienna
Booth B 180
And let’s talk about
Competitive Printing Solutions.
For further information
noel.mcevoy@remove-this.wifag.com

//wifag’s newest and completely future oriented development offers a wide spectrum of new applications unknown to conventional offset printing processes. The new //wifag digital Newspaper and Book production lines consequently use the advantages of the single pass inkjet technology with no repeating printing form.
The result of this development, combined with //wifag’s profound knowledge of industrial newspaper and book production, culminates in new production lines with greatest format flexibility, shortest changeover and make ready times and printing possibilities on different paper grades. The in-house developed workflow solution for page content and all relevant job data allows an easy connection to existing editorial systems or easy workflow integration into existing book production lines.
The inkjet printing system is an industrial, in-house developed inkjet printing tower for black and full color quality printing to recognized industry standards, designed for continuous runs. The precision of the printing head positioning is realized through a pre-positioning system with high accuracy to achieve high print quality and quick replacement of printing heads. The cleaning station consists of a non-contact cleaning system to flush and clean the inkjet nozzles and the surface of the heads.
The new //wifag digital Newspaper solution with its new and totally variable folding equipment is an excellent tool for decentralized printing of a wide variety of newspaper and semi-commercial products for short to medium production runs. The folding equipment allows the same book structure as the conventional offset newspaper press which makes splitting of editions between digital and conventional offset production easy.
The new //wifag digital Book solution with its unique cutting and sheet collecting arrangement allows direct feed to the finishing machine with the complete stack of book pages. Alternative options with folded signatures are also available.
The new //wifag digital Newspaper and Book production equipment are on offer as complete production lines or as modules to replace or extend existing printing equipment.
Come see us at the WAN-IFRA Conference and Expo from 10 to 12 October 2011, Vienna
//wifag at Booth B 180
And learn more about the //wifag digital Newspaper and Book production lines
For further information
noel.mcevoy@remove-this.wifag.com
WIFAG Maschinenfabrik AG
26, route de la Glâne
P.O. Box 1184
CH-1701 Fribourg/Switzerland
Phone: +41 26 426 18 88
Fax: +41 26 426 18 77
wifag@remove-this.wifag-polytype.com
www.wifag-polytype.com

The development was done through collaboration with NELA, the leading supplier of register systems and automation solutions for the pre-press industry. The APX takes plate automation to a new level. Operator interaction at the press is reduced to a minimum.
Multiple Productions can be loaded with plates handled as a single package, which reduces mistakes, operator time at the machine and plate damage through handling. The system distributes the plates automatically to the right zones on the cylinder. Up to 12 plates can be loaded as a single package. New packages or single Plates can be continuously added to the loader.
The system requires less accuracy in plate delivery since the plates will be positioned just before they are pushed over the register pins. Therefore, it is fairly easy to extend the system with automated plate logistics from the CTP.
Advantages:
- Plates are loaded by the operator in packages
- Quick and ergonomic procedure, short time for operator in front of print units
- Multiple productions can be loaded
- Semiautomatic backup is always possible
- Easy cylinder access
- High reliability through accurate self centering of plate
- Easily expandable from semi to automatic, even to plate logistics
Come see us at the WAN-IFRA Conference and Expo from 10 to 12 October 2011, Vienna
//wifag at Booth B 180
And learn more about WIFAG Automation Solutions like the APX!
Visit also Nela at Booth 415 and learn more about the plate changing capabilities.
For further information
noel.mcevoy@remove-this.wifag.com