Solisco, which was founded in 1991, did not respond to interview requests, but in a statement, co-owner Alain Jacques said the opportunity to triple productivity with the same crew size made the purchase easy to justify. "We can't stand still in terms of innovation if we want to stay competitive and continue to exceed the expectations of our customers," Jacques added. "Goss shares that philosophy and has provided us with exceptional support and increasingly advanced press technology for two decades."
The new Goss Sunday 3000 web press features a 75-inch width, DigiRail digital inking technology, an advanced Goss Ecoset dryer and dual folders. The two Goss pinless folders enable the press allowing it to produce magazine, tabloid and digest product formats. The PFF-3 former folder can produce more than 190,000 16-page signatures per hour in dual-delivery mode, while the PCF-1 SQF high-speed combination folder features new innovations for quarter folding and signature control.
"The precision of DigiRail inking improves presetting, cuts start-up time and waste, and makes it easier to sustain ink density and color quality through the run," added Jacques. "The technology is highly proven in newspaper and insert applications, and it represents an important new breakthrough for the North American commercial printing market."
Solisco to become first North American print company with Goss Sunday 3000 web press
Quebec-based Solisco Printers announced the acquisition of a Goss Sunday 3000 web press, becoming the first facility in North America to install the press capable of producing three million magazine-size page per hour.
