Germany’s youngest independent daily
Druck- und Pressehaus Naumann founded the Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung in 1988 and it soon become the newspaper with the highest circulation in the Main-Kinzig region of Germany. The company also publishes the weekly Mittelhessen-Bote and Der Neue Markt. The weekly titles cover the districts Main-Kinzig and Wetterau, Kahlgrund as well as parts of region around Fulda. Furthermore, the company also produces the Gießener Zeitung together with Oberhessische Presse. This is Germany’s first collaborative newspaper covering Gießen. Together around one million copies of titles from Druck- und Pressehaus Naumann are distributed weekly in the respective areas.

Numerous further publications and supplements from third-party publishing houses and company customers are expected to printed on the Commander CL in the future. What is more, the printing house also offers pre-press and other services for all kinds of commercial printwork. This is in addition to comprehensive mail and logistics services. The MADSACK media group has had a 51% stake in the company since 2007.

Highly automated and high productivity
The Commander CL will have two eight-high towers for 4/4 printing, a KF 5 jaw folder and two Pastomat reelstands plus a Patras M automatic reel-loading system. The extensive package of automation modules including RollerTronic roller locks, CleanTronic cylinder washing units, colour and cut-off register controls and semi-automatic plate change keep makeready, waste and operating and maintenance efforts to a minimum. An automatic colour measuring and control system, plus a ribbon stitcher will be added at a later date. The Commander CL will be controlled from an ErgoTronic console incorporating EasyTronic for optimised press start-up and automatic run-down, and PressNet for planning, pre-setting and process management.

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