Four new presses installed in different printshops in Nigeria takes the total to 200 units purchased since 2008.
Four new presses installed in different printshops in Nigeria takes the total to 200 units purchased since 2008.

Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation has installed a 12-unit press with 578-mm cut-off for half- and quarter-page folding capability as well as six Goss reelstands providing the capacity to print multiple webs simultaneously.

"This investment will jumpstart training for Akwa Ibom people in sophisticated printing technology, as well as serve the local media industry and commercial interest," commented Aniekan Umanah, the Akwa Ibom state commissioner for information and communication. "It will also ensure a wider reach and an improvement in quality and aesthetics."

In Lagos, two identical Community presses for Vanguard Media Limited, publishers of Vanguard Newspaper have been installed. Configured as two four-high towers, one two-high tower and four Goss reelstands, the Vanguard press will be able to run up to four webs into a folder with half- and quarter-page format capability. As is the preference in Nigeria, the press has a 578-mm cut-off, and the press for Vanguard will include motorized ink keys for ease-of-use and faster set-up.

While Vintage Press, (publishers of the national daily The Nation), located at Port Harcourt, Rivers State has installed a twelve-unit Goss Community press with three four-high towers, three Goss reelstands and one folder with half- and quarter-page capability.  Paul Feeney, Goss International sales manager for Middle-East and Africa said: "Vintage, as with the other recent orders for Nigeria, is looking to build its brand reputation and readership by ensuring its print production matches the quality of its editorial. They need reliable and user-friendly press equipment that will keep rolling with minimum intervention to fulfill a commitment to readers. At Goss, our commitment is to help them achieve this, and to continue to support them as their requirements develop."