One of the largest media groups in southern China – the Hunan Daily Group – is set to install a new Goss Magnum 8 press at its new printing plant. The company confirmed the order for the 12-unit press at China Print.
The new press will print up to 75,000 copies per hour and be configured with three four-high towers, a Goss Universal 2:3:3 jaw folder with upper former, and three automatic splicers, according to Goss.Since 1998, the Hunan Daily Group has ordered 60 Goss Community SSC, Magnum and Urbanite single-width press units from Shanghai Goss Graphic Systems, the joint-venture company of Goss International and Shanghai Printing and Packaging Machinery.
Liu Shulin, deputy general manager at the Hunan Daily Group says the commissioning of the new press will coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the Hunan Daily.
Shulin says, “We compared other competitive presses in the same range and found that the new-generation Magnum 8 model offers the best value and performance. Its new automation features will bring us lower waste and competitive colour printing quality.”
According to Goss, the shaftless Magnum 8 press model has advanced automation features including infeed, outfeed, remote ink dampening and register controls. A modular design allows printers and publishers to configure systems based on specific pagination and colour requirements and expand easily in the future.
The Hunan Daily Group publishes five newspapers with its flagship publication – the Hunan Daily – the largest newspaper in the province with a circulation of 256,000 copies per day.
