06.19.15
The Swiss daily Walliser Bote is printed completely digitally since June 15, 2015.
“The realization of this project was a great teamwork,” said Thomas Knaier, project manager at manroland web systems. “The total integration of the workflow that consist of an HP T400 Color inkjet press, the format and cut-off variable finishing line FoldLine from manroland web systems and the mail-order house technology from Mueller Martini, was a groundbreaking project that also meant a lot of fun for us.”
Walliser Bote delivers news to the Valais region. The traditional newspaper is published from Monday to Saturday. At the moment, the circulation is between 22,000 and 32,000 copies with approximately 24 pages.
The reasons for changing the production technology were lower circulations and a required regionalization. There are economical aspects focused, as the capacity of the new production line shall be utilized with variable print products. As an example, Martin Seematter, director of Mengis Druck AG, mentions the production of book blocks, mailings, signatures or print products for personalized advertising.
“We will produce our own publications and commercial print products for local customers,” said Seematter. “At the moment, we are working on changing our company to a local digital printing house for the future.”
“The realization of this project was a great teamwork,” said Thomas Knaier, project manager at manroland web systems. “The total integration of the workflow that consist of an HP T400 Color inkjet press, the format and cut-off variable finishing line FoldLine from manroland web systems and the mail-order house technology from Mueller Martini, was a groundbreaking project that also meant a lot of fun for us.”
Walliser Bote delivers news to the Valais region. The traditional newspaper is published from Monday to Saturday. At the moment, the circulation is between 22,000 and 32,000 copies with approximately 24 pages.
The reasons for changing the production technology were lower circulations and a required regionalization. There are economical aspects focused, as the capacity of the new production line shall be utilized with variable print products. As an example, Martin Seematter, director of Mengis Druck AG, mentions the production of book blocks, mailings, signatures or print products for personalized advertising.
“We will produce our own publications and commercial print products for local customers,” said Seematter. “At the moment, we are working on changing our company to a local digital printing house for the future.”