YM Group, UK’s market leader in the print and delivery of short grain printed products, has installed a Goss Sunday 5000 64-page short grain web offset press. The press is installed at the group’s Chantry site, which mainly produces magazines, newspaper supplements, catalogs and brochures for the publication and retail markets. The press has been running since early this year and utilizes the proven advantages of Goss’ gapless blanket technology to deliver high output and superior quality for a range of run lengths and formats.
Peter Greaves, managing director, YM Chantry said, “The Goss Sunday 5000 adds 64-page short grain capability to our existing facilities for printing high-quality commercial and periodical products, and has increased the capacity at YM Chantry by around 40%. Short grain is more cost-effective for printing as it delivers higher output, especially for sub A4 formats where paper savings are made against the standard long grain formats. This is a key benefit to many of our customers. The Sunday 5000 produces high print quality, which is of utmost importance to our customers. We are very satisfied with Goss’s support on this project. The Goss and YM project teams worked together to deliver a successful installation.”
According to John Chambers, UK sales director, Goss is delighted to partner with York Mailing for their latest investment in web offset technology. “YM Group is a company committed to web offset production; this installation reaffirms their confidence in Goss as a long-term partner. The high automation of the Sunday press enables frequent job changes and run-length flexibility, and has already increased capacity at the Chantry site. We are very pleased to partner with YM Chantry on this project.”
YM Group is a leading expert in short grain market in the UK, owning most of the short grain presses there. Having previously installed a Goss Sunday 4000 in 2014 and another early last year in TLG Leeds, YM Group acquired its latest Goss press following the closure of Polestar Sheffield, adding to its portfolio of 14 web offset presses across the group’s four sites. The Sunday 5000 was relocated and reconfigured to meet York Mailing’s requirements and is in full operation since February 2017.
The 120,000 cph rated 64 pp short grain press, complete with the SG-3 jaw folder and twin delivery, has been complemented with a balloonformer section and ribbon-stitching heads under each former, allowing 24 pp sections to be produced at upwards of 240,000 cph. The state-of the-art press has also been equipped with the very latest ‘Closed Loop’ web monitoring and quality management technology, ensuring high output is matched by high quality.
