Records were broken when manroland took on the task of relocating a 20-year-old Uniset press in Warsaw.

The project saw the five-tower press disassembled at Polskapresse/Multico and rebuilt and recommissioned at ZPR Media, both in the Polish capital.

manroland web systems project manager Christof Centmayer says less than five months passed between contract signing and the press going on production: "It was a challenge that let us bring to bear all of our competence as a press manufacturer," he says.

Five towers, six splicers, two folders and a quarterfold were relocated, complete with mechanical and electrical start-ups and first production including all electronic switching systems and control consoles.

ZPR Media managing director Tomasz Szakiel says the relocation was "strenuous for everyone involved":

The Uniset now prints newspapers including the high-circulation Super Express.

Pictured: Assembly of the Uniset at ZPR Media