09.20.15
Beijing Daily Group, a traditional publishing house in the heart of Beijing with a large printing center on the edge of the Chinese capital, decided to continue its partnership with Koenig & Bauer (KBA). A KBA Comet installed there in 2010 will be extended by two printing towers and two folders in the first half of 2016.
This recent investment boosts the media group’s production flexibility and efficiency with in-house and third party products, while at the same time lightening the workload of an older press from another manufacturer.
“The effects of the media shift are clearly noticeable even in China,’ said Cui Tang Lian, printing house director of Beijing Daily Group. “We continue to rely on the printed newspaper in a high quality, nevertheless we have to set up our printing house in such a way as to enable us to produce frequently changing print products in terms of scope and design quickly, flexibly and efficiently. Short makeready times, high production speeds, low waste levels and a reliable service partnership on-site were the decisive factors for the necessary expansion project.”
Along with magazines, Beijing Daily Group also publishes numerous daily newspapers. The newspaper titles have a combined daily circulation of almost two million copies in the Beijing metropolitan area. Besides the Beijing Morning Post, Beijing Suburbs Daily, Beijing Business Today and Beijing Social News, the media group also owns highly traditional and popular titles, such as the Beijing Evening News and the Beijing Daily.
This recent investment boosts the media group’s production flexibility and efficiency with in-house and third party products, while at the same time lightening the workload of an older press from another manufacturer.
“The effects of the media shift are clearly noticeable even in China,’ said Cui Tang Lian, printing house director of Beijing Daily Group. “We continue to rely on the printed newspaper in a high quality, nevertheless we have to set up our printing house in such a way as to enable us to produce frequently changing print products in terms of scope and design quickly, flexibly and efficiently. Short makeready times, high production speeds, low waste levels and a reliable service partnership on-site were the decisive factors for the necessary expansion project.”
Along with magazines, Beijing Daily Group also publishes numerous daily newspapers. The newspaper titles have a combined daily circulation of almost two million copies in the Beijing metropolitan area. Besides the Beijing Morning Post, Beijing Suburbs Daily, Beijing Business Today and Beijing Social News, the media group also owns highly traditional and popular titles, such as the Beijing Evening News and the Beijing Daily.