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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.