A new heatset web at Beijing Daily is part of a strategy to diversify beyond newspaper production.
The leading publisher has commissioned a 32-page Goss M-800 press and plans to become a leading player in the regional commercial print market. It has been producing more than two million coldset newspapers daily and expects its role in the commercial market to reach a similar scale over time.
Jia Fudong, vice director for the Beijing Daily printing operation, says the new press has already been called on to produce a wide range of products and formats: “Demand for commercial products and heatset retail inserts continues to increase alongside quality expectations in our region.”
The double-circumference M-800 is a four-pages-around by four-pages-across (4x4) cylinder configuration, capable of printing up to 80,000 16-page signatures per hour in straight production. The four-unit system incorporates an Ecocool dryer and Contiweb FD paster, as well as a Goss PCC-2 pinless folder.
Goss vice president of sales Tim Mercy says its ability to print magazine, tabloid and other formats straight or collect makes the press ideal for a company embarking on a new venture: “Beijing Daily needed a press that could adapt in line with the way the new business develops, while at the same time being able to maintain the high standards expected due to its established reputation for both product content and quality.”
Beijing Daily is part of the Beijing Daily Group, which manages nine newspapers and three magazines as well as websites, a publishing house and a TV station. It publishes the leading circulation newspapers in the area, including Beijing Daily, Beijing Evening News, Beijing Morning Post and Beijing Suburbs Daily.