The Ricoh Pro VC60000’s
versatility, performance and
consistency allows it to take
advantage of many market
opportunities including that
of newspaper production
Hansaprint, a leading innovative printing house in the Nordic region and part of the TS Group, is printing two of the world’s most prestigious high quality newspapers after ordering the first Ricoh Pro VC60000 continuous feed production inkjet platform in the world in 2014.
The Financial Times (FT) and the International New York Times (INYT) for readers in Finland are now printed by Hansaprint in Turenki, Finland. Hansaprint’s unit director, Jukka Saariluoma says, “All of the pieces slotted into place for printing of the newspapers in Finland will begin.”
Peter Slaughter, chief production officer for the Financial Times, believes that the printed newspaper will remain a powerful force and says that the publication has received a good response to the new distribution schedule enabled by digitally printing the newspaper enabling newspapers to be in the hands of readers by 7 a.m.
Benoit Chatelard, vice president, production printing, Ricoh Europe, says, “Hansaprint has a diverse portfolio of solutions and services, and the Pro VC60000 has helped them expand this even further.”
The Turenki printing site produces the Financial Times and INYT newspapers for distribution in Finland. Some of the newspapers are sent to retailers, while others are distributed to hotels and companies such as Finnair. The newspapers are printed in the evening and overnight in Finland so readers receive newspapers first thing in the morning.
Hansaprint uses its two Pro VC60000 presses to also produce loyalty programme materials, direct mail, transactional mail and books and Saariluoma predicts a significant shift of volumes to inkjet from both offset and toner printing.
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