Solisco Printers, recognized as one of Canada’s largest private printers, commits to becoming the first North American company to install a Goss Sunday 3000 press with a 75-inch width.
To compliment its new Sunday 3000 order, the Scott, Quebec-based company plans to integrate Goss’ DigiRail inking technology, Ecoset dryer, and dual folders on the web press, as well as features like the Contiweb FD paster, Omnicon controls, and the Goss Web Center workflow system.
“The precision of DigiRail inking improves presetting, cuts start-up time and waste, and makes it easier to sustain ink density and colour quality through the run,” said Alain Jacques, co-owner of Solisco. “The technology is highly proven in newspaper and insert applications, and it represents an important new breakthrough for the North American commercial printing market.”
Founded in 1991, Solisco Printers focuses on the publication, commercial and book printing markets for customers in Canada and the United States. The new gapless-blanket Sunday press, to be installed at its Scott-based facility later this year, will be capable of producing more than 3-million magazine-size pages per hour.
The width of the 2×8 Sunday 3000, along with pinless former and combination folders, allows for the production of multiple product formats and page counts, including finished magazine-format products that are up to nine inches wide. “We can’t stand still in terms of innovation if we want to stay competitive and continue to exceed the expectations of our customers,” said Jacques.
The two pinless folders are designed to add versatility to the new Sunday press, allowing for the finishing of magazine, tabloid and digest product formats. The PFF-3 former folder will be capable of producing more than 190,000 16-page signatures per hour in dual-delivery mode. The PCF-1 SQF combination folder, producing a range of formats, includes recently developed tools for quarter folding and signature control.
“The productivity and versatility of the 2×8 Sunday press format, along with the 9-inch product capability, create valuable competitive advantages that we look forward to passing on to our customers,” said Jean Gregoire, who founded Solisco along with Jacques.
As President, Gregoire now leads a company that made around $100-million in revenues in its lastest fiscal year, as well as three production facilities and around 500 employees.
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