China

Goss order for People's Daily confirmed
Goss International and China's 'People's Daily' in Beijing have announced an order agreed earlier this year for a two-around Goss Universal press.

New high-speed Uniset press for Xin’an Media
A new hybrid heatset/coldset manroland Uniset for joint venture the Xin’an Media Corporation will be the first in China capable of production at 80,000 cph.

Shanghai’s Jiefang Daily makes eco move with Agfa’s VCF plate system
Jiefang Daily Printing Centre in Shanghai is pioneering the use of ‘eco-friendly’ platemaking with China’s first Agfa violet chemistry-free CTP systems.

24-page web trumps 16s, so Chinese printer takes another
Competing against sites with 16-page heatset webs with a gapless 24-page press has been so successful that Beijing Shengtong Printing Company in Northern China is coming back for more.

Beijing Daily signs with KBA for 78,000 cph Comet press
Beijing Daily Group has ordered a three-tower KBA Comet press following a detailed market comparison and an inspection tour in Germany.

In Guangdong, China, twin conveyors make light work
Ferag has supplied two STR 100 conveyors to serve the Goss Newsliner press installed at Guangdong China Sunshine Media in 2007, reducing the workload for personnel.

Terracotta and steel, as Goss wins Xi'an press order
The home of the 'Terracotta Army', Xi'an is to have a new two-tower Goss Newsliner press to increase colour capacity on the central China city's daily and evening newspapers.

More manroland single-width capacity for SW China's 'Yunnan Daily'
A voracious appetite for printed matter in South West China has led to the inflkuential Yunnan Daily Newspaper Group adding a further manroland Uniset press to its existing line-up.

Superlatives out for Solna and China's 'biggest, fastest' single-width order
Swedish single-width press manufacturer Solna Offset has signed its biggest-ever press order after winning a tender to supply equipment for China’s Nanfang Daily Media Group.

Beijing show orders put KBA China on a record
The sales were mostly (if not exclusively) for sheetfed equipment, but KBA says it did so well at China Print, the year may turn out to be a record there.

Hunan Daily group goes back for more Goss single-width
One of the largest media groups in southern China will install a new Goss Magnum 8 press this summer at a brand new printing plant located within its 700-acre cultural development centre.

Chinese dailies tap Schur Wamac for mailroom upgrades
Newly-merged Schur Wamac has closed two deals for its mailroom equipment from daily newspapers in China.

UV semicommercial Magnum gets Goss showing at China Print
Goss and its local joint venture Shanghai Goss Graphic Systems are showing two new Chinese-built press configurations for semicommercial, book and newspaper printing on their stand at China Print 2009.

Major double-width order for KBA in China
KBA has signed an order with Dazhong Daily Newspaper Group for a two-section Commander press line to print the Dazhong Daily, one of China's most popular provincial newspapers.

Second Goss Universal ordered for central China daily
Zhengzhou Daily, a major newspaper publisher in central China, has ordered a second Goss Universal press to improve colour capacity and productivity.

Largest Magnum 4 commissioned in Guangzhou
The world’s largest Goss Magnum 4 installation has gone into production at ‘Nanfang Daily’ in Guangzhou, China.

Three new presses for 'Macao Daily'
Chinese newspaper publisher ‘Macao Daily’ has ordered three new Goss Magnum 4 presses to modernise its printing facility. The new presses will be installed when the building expansion is completed in mid 2009.

Zhejiang Daily News Group presses ready for Olympics
With the Olympic Games in Beijing days away, two KBA newspaper presses which rolled into action at Zhejiang Daily News Group in February and March have made up the biggest single press order that KBA has sent to China.