Wifag and its Swiss partner GAMAG have signed orders to refurbish and reconfigure two KBA and Wifag presses.

In Denmark, KBA satellite units from Trykkompagniet are to be dismantled, refurbished and reinstalled on an existing KBA Express at the plant of Herenco in Jonkoping, Sweden. The extension will expand capacity to 80 tabloid pages in full colour (straight) or 160 pages collect, using two folders. Scandinavian specialist DCOS will handle the control retrofit, with the overall project coordinated by GCON.

The reconfigured press will be in full production at the end of 2013.

Hallpressen, the newspaper division of Herenco 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.

Their order the second in which Wifag and GAMAG have refurbished a KBA press in the Nordic region. A similar project for Finnish Esa Lehtipaino Oy to reconfigure and install an Express in Lahti is also due for completion at the end of this year.

And in Wollerau, Switzerland, Wifag and GAMAG will work on a secondhand Wifag OF7 press acquired by regional print and publishing company Theiler Druck. The shafted press will be reconfigured, refurbished and reinstalled as a shaftless with Wifag automation, drive and controls, to replace an existing Solna single-width.

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