Hinwil, 23 May 2011 – Newspaper printers want to carve out the biggest possible slice of the quarterfold market. With StreamFold, they have found a solution that, with a relatively small investment, will enable them to obtain access to those coveted printing jobs. Locating the quarterfold process in the postpress sector instead of the press leads to cheaper and far more flexible production.

Polaris Trykk Trondheim and Polaris Trykk Harstad, too, have put themselves in a strong position – thanks to StreamFold. Since commissioning in December 2010, the lines have been kept very busy with circulations between 10,000 and half a million, and a further boost to orders is on the cards. Advertising customers have evidently recognized that quality and a fast service can be obtained from newspaper printers at favourable conditions.

The two Polaris Trykk printing houses work with Ferag technology on the conventional newspaper-production side as well. Trondheim was among the first Scandinavian users of MSD inserting technology, while a RollSertDrum with an SNT-U trimming drum and StreamStitch stitching component went into operation in Harstad four years ago.

The two StreamFold lines have a daily 15 hours of spare commercial production capacity at production speeds up to 60,000 copies per hour. Newspaper processing is routed independently through the Ferag inserting systems and is not affected by the quarterfold process.