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The SPH Print Centre located in western Singapore houses
one of the most advanced and state-of-the-art printing facilities
worth more than S$500 million. With a total area of 11 hectares,
the Print Centre delivers more than one million copies of
SPH newspapers in quality print each day.
The Colorliner presses started operation at the Print Centre
in 1997 and is capable of producing 32 broadsheet pages in
full colour and 20 spot colour broadsheet pages with a maximum
speed of 80,000 copies per hour and a cruising speed of 72,000
copies per hour. This computerised printing giant is highly
efficient, with the ability to do everything from printing
and cutting to folding, up to the stage when the complete
set of newspaper is ready for distribution.
SPH is constantly exploring ways to leverage on the latest
in technology. On October 27, 2000, the Group signed a S$123
million deal with the Koenig & Bauer Group to purchase
four KBA Commander presses, to be housed in a new S$139 million
plant and other facilities at the Print Centre. Besides matching
the capabilities of the Colorliner presses, the KBA Commander
presses can print up to 112 broadsheet pages in full colour.
The new presses started operations in 2003.
At the Print Centre, the newspaper printing system is complemented
by a modern mailroom facility which includes a conveyor system
with a maximum speed of 80,000 copies of newspapers per hour.
The mailroom system has the capacity to mechanically count,
stack, bundle and convey the print-complete newspapers to
vendors for distribution to readers.
In addition to the SPH stable of 14 newspaper titles, regional
editions of international newspapers like Asahi Shimbun, Nihon
Keizai Shimbun, the Asian Wall Street Journal, the Financial
Times and the International Herald Tribune are also printed
by SPH.
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