Mailroom systems vendor Ferag has commissioned its first ‘drag and drop’ control system at Küster-Pressedruck in Bielefeld, Germany.

The installation is part of a 25 million Euros investment in two new Wifag presses and the Ferag mailroom equipment. The company provides publishing services for ‘Neue Westfälische Zeitung’, a 200,000 circulation daily with 16 local editions.

The company’s technical manager Hans-Henning Holdorf says the investment was prompted by the partners belief that printed newspapers have a future, especially in the regional sector.

“To match marketplace demands, we had to update all of our technology,” he says.

“With increasing complexity in the mailroom, we were looking for a solution that would take control to a new level.”

Ferag presented its Navigator concept and was able to persuade Küster-Pressedruck to come on board and get the new control working under real production conditions for the first time. The maker claims it brings innovative user guidance familiar to iPhone and iPad users to the mailroom. “The Navigator is the ideal tool for the line supervisor to exploit the mailroom technology's potential to even greater effect,” Holdorf says.

Two Wifag Evolution 473/4 presses now replace the three previously used, and the Ferag mailroom run at 45,000 copies per hour to handle the products of both presses.

After each line was commissioned, the Navigator system was implemented, delivering a better overview with more transparency. Intuitive user guidance makes it easier for staff to master the increasingly complex mailroom processes efficiently.

Pictured: Drag-and-drop set-up simplifies the Navigator controls