Alongside the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, with a circulation of almost 200,000 copies, the 115 employees at MZ produce advertising supplements, brochures, booklets and other print products in the Rhine and half-Rhine formats. Further activities include extensive mailing and logistics services.

DuMont: Successful for almost 400 years
The DuMont group is counted among the most innovative media enterprises in Germany and looks back over long traditions. It operates in three main areas of business: Regional media, business information and marketing technology. In the regional media segment, a strong portfolio of newspaper titles such as Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Berliner Zeitung, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Kölnische Rundschau, EXPRESS, Berliner Kurier and Hamburger Morgenpost is augmented by numerous regional ad supplements and local radio stations.

Automated, flexible and reliable
With a maximum web width of 1,400 mm and a cylinder circumference of 1,020 mm, the new Commander CL can print up to 45,000 full-colour newspapers per hour with 32 pages in Rhine format or 64 pages tabloid. It comprises two four-high towers, a KF 5 jaw folder and two Pastomat reelstands with Patras A reel logistics. Like the existing Commander CL, the new press incorporates a raft of automation features such as pagination changes, inking unit and cylinder washing, fan-out, colour measuring and control systems, colour and cut-off register controls, and fully automatic plate changing. Together, they reduce job changeover times, waste and maintenance to a minimum. The press is controlled via an ErgoTronic console with EasyTronic for optimised press start-up and automated run-down. A comprehensive software package for maintenance and service simplifies work planning and supports transparency across all technical processes.

About Koenig & Bauer
Koenig & Bauer is the world’s second-largest printing press manufacturer with the broadest product range in the industry. For 200 years, the company has been supporting printers with innovative technology, tailor-made processes and a wide array of services. The portfolio ranges from banknotes, via board, film, metal and glass packaging, through to book, display, coding, magazine, advertising and newspaper printing. Sheetfed and webfed offset and flexo printing, waterless offset, intaglio, simultaneous perfecting and screen printing or digital inkjet – Koenig & Bauer is at home in virtually all printing processes and is the market leader in many of them. In the financial year 2017, the approximately 5,600 highly qualified employees worldwide generated annual sales of more than EUR 1.2 billion.

Further information can be found at https://www.koenig-bauer.com