Mitsubishi signs new order, will focus on diverse needs

Nov 28, 2016 at 05:46 pm by Staff


Eighteen years after it installed two Lithopia presslines, Japan's Kobe Shimbun has come back to Mitsubishi for its latest technology.

Two DiamondSpirit 4-1 presses are to be installed at a new plant in Himeji in the Hyogo Prefecture, where Kobe Shimbun has the largest print circulation.

Operations are scheduled to begin in early 2019.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery says the presses can print up to 160,000 newspapers an hour, using fewer plates and less power. Proprietary technology also significantly reduces vibrations when plate cylinders rotate, thus improving print quality.

Established almost 120 years ago, Kobe Shimbun distributes about 530,000 copies of a morning edition and about 190,000 copies of its evening edition, plus a nationwide Daily Sports edition.

MHI-PPM installed two Lithopia BTO-N4 offset presses in 1999, to which extra printing units were added in 2006. The company says reliability, print quality and low running costs of the new design were "highly appraised".

MHI-PPM says it will focus more on detailed proposal-based sales, and will identify diverse customer needs for newspaper presses domestically and overseas, while continuing to contribute to improvements in paper quality and productivity.

Pictured: the heritage-listed Himeji Castle


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