manroland AG - The Voice of Galicia calls for COLORMAN

The printing house Galicia Editorial S.L. in La Coruña, Spain, will print the Galician daily newspaper La Voz de Galicia (The Voice of Galicia) using a COLORMAN press.

La Voz de Galicia, the prestigious Spanish regional newspaper, was founded in 1882 and still remains in family ownership after three generations. Now Santiago Rey, the grandson of the original founder, runs it. It is printed in tabloid format with a circulation of up to 150,000 copies, with one national and thirteen regional offprints. At the end of 2011, two COLORMAN presses will take on these tasks. The mature technology, which offers a perfect register for standardized products, was a crucial factor in the decision for the COLORMAN. Shorter changeover times and reduced waste were additional convincing features for Galicia Editorial. With groundbreaking workflow solutions, the printing house is carving its path into the future, and creating new potential for automation: the COLORMAN will also be set up for automatic plate loading (APL).

COLORMAN caters to customer needs
When it comes to configuration and project management, the COLORMAN ordered by Galicia Editorial S.L. is fully tailored to specific needs and requirements. It consists of two machines with three eight-couple towers in 9-cylinder satellite design, enables variable web widths with motorized former adjustment, and is equipped with 2:5:5 folders. The AUROload system is implemented for paper logistics. The customer has also taken advantage of the added value provided by manroland’s PRINTVALUE range: printservices for press maintenance, and printcom for the selection of consumables. The COLORMAN printing systems are integrated in a printnet workflow to optimize production efficiency.

The printing house will install both presses in two steps. In late 2010, the first printing system will be installed in a production hall extension, the second COLORMAN is scheduled to go on-edition nearly one year later in the main printing house. La Voz de Galicia is published by the Spanish media group Corporación Voz, with headquarters in La Coruña. The media company reports for the whole of Galicia and is active in the newspaper, broadcasting, Internet, and television branches.

manroland AG is the world’s second largest printing systems manufacturer and the world’s market leader in web offset. The group with its production facilities in Offenbach, Augsburg and Plauen employs almost 8,700 people and has annual sales of some Euro 1,7 billion with an export share of 80 percent.

Webfed and sheetfed offset presses provide tailor-made solutions for publishing, commercial, and packaging printing – from brochures to newspapers with circulations running into the millions. A worldwide network of about 100 sales and service centers markets manroland’s products as well as process compliant system components and pressroom products.

Web offset presses for newspapers and high-quality commercial printing of brochures, catalogs, magazines, supplements and books are manufactured in the Augsburg facility (founded 1845). They are designed to meet the continually increasing demands on print quality and performance coming from printing and publishing companies all over the world. manroland’s Plauen facility (founded 1896) is renowned for newspaper presses and paper supply systems. The sheetfed press product range built in Offenbach and Mainhausen (founded 1871) comprises system families in small, medium, large and extra-large formats for commercial printing, posters, books and packaging. Some models are available with the revolutionary direct drive system. manroland offers added value with PRINTVALUE.

manroland offers also designing, planning, building, equipping and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing. manroland is a provider of customized 24/7 service and (remote) maintenance packages plus integrated services and training measures (printservices). The portfolio includes a certified range of pressroom products (printcom), software products, and workflow management systems (printnet). The group provides consultancy services covering all aspects of investment and building planning, organization, management, systems engineering and process optimization (printadvice).