Indian press order is breakthrough for TKS

Nov 02, 2010 at 06:02 pm by Staff


Three new 4x1 Press Color Top 5000UDI presses for Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing represent a breakthrough first order from India for maker TKS.

Mathrubhumi has ten factories in Kerala in Southern India.

Delivery to a new plant in Trivandrum starts in March, with a second going to Cochin in November, and the third scheduled for Calicut in May 2012.

The 5000UDI is a shaftless tower-type 4x1 (double-wide, single-circumference) press, which has a maximum printing speed of 75,000 cph. The presses, each of three towers with 2:3:3 jaw folder will produce 32pages with 24 pages colour. They have a web width of 1400 mm and cut-off of 546 mm.

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