Finnish printing company PunaMusta Oy is to update its Goss M-600 with the latest colour control and register automation.

The order is the first for QI Press Controls from a heatset printing company in the country, and is seen as a "great opportunity to prove ourselves" in the Nordic region".

Juha Kankainen, managing director of agent JK Automation helped bring the two companies together, with hopes of more business at and PunaMusta Oy, which is the largest heatset printer in the country with nine other heatset presses.

PMO managing director Jari Avellán says the company is counting on substantial savings in waste. "In addition, we believe that the system will be more reliable and therefore we have less downtime on the press," he says.

Seven mRC-3D cameras and two IDS-3D cameras will be installed on the press in Joensuu, in eastern Finland, with installation planned to start in March.