05.10.12 - Tamedia Print Centre Zurich is also producing daily and weekly newspapers which previously came from Oetwil am See. The Tamedia media group publishes a number of print titles. The flag-ship is the Tages-Anzeiger, the Swiss, paid-for newspaper with the furthest reach. The concentration of production activities, increased distribution via the local postal network plus a rise in added value called for an expansion program.
Stacking, foil-wrapping and strapping machines from the Oetwil am See printing operation have been integrated into the Tamedia Print Centre Zurich. Now, however, there is a fifth Ferag line incorporating the MSD2-C inserting system, without which it would not have been possible to handle the additional prime time products. Each night, 30,000 newspapers leave the printing house via the postal network. The merging of used and new components to create a high-performance, efficient combination illustrates the kind of investment protection that Ferag is offering here.
The five lines cover winding and inserting preprints and external supplements, addressing and preparing products for the post, plus route-matched formation of standard and small bundles and odd counts using MultiStack with evacuation on the PKT bundle conveyor. New bundle collectors also bring marked savings in the deployment of personnel.
Know-how about MemoSticks® has been inherited from the former Oetwil am See production facility. All five Ferag lines are equipped with gluing devices for advertising cards and MemoSticks®. The self-adhesive MemoStick® advertising format developed by WRH Marketing AG is offered to customers in standard or special forms.
