Newsquest Sussex has asked Goss to reconfigure its nine-year-old Goss HT60 press in a two-phase 3m-plus deal.
The site, which prints an average 2.6m papers per week including the Evening Argus and 35 weeklies for the South East, currently runs a 600mm cut-off 1560mm-width web.

The expansion will comprise two identical phases, both involving the addition of three new units to an existing mono unit to give Newsquest two four-high towers. It also includes new drive motors and control system improvements.

"Demand for colour is rocketing to a level we couldnt have imagined when we installed the HT60," said Steve Long, production manager at Newsquest Sussex and newly-appointed print director for Newsquest Media Group.

"At the moment we often have to run collect to satisfy demand, which limits the amount of additional work we can accept."
The extension will give Newsquest Sussex a maximum 64pp of colour capacity from each line and 128pp when running together. Goss will deliver the equipment for the first stage of the project in January 2001.

The order follows other recent Goss successes at Mortons of Horncastle (PrintWeek 26 May) and Triangle Print (PrintWeek 9 June).

By Gordon Carson