New Plants Among Latest Quipp Customers

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By: E&P Staff Without power and telephone service in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma, Miami-based Quipp Systems is posting daily announcements and emergency phone numbers for service and parts on its Web site, www.quipp.com.

Beginning early next year, the Bristol Herald-Courier will install a Quipp-Gripp III single-gripper conveyor and Quipp Twin-Trak belt conveyor systems off the folders on a new KBA press in its new production plant.

A Quipp customer since 1998, the Media General daily currently runs a Quipp Model 401 Stacker and Quipp Twin-Trak belt conveyors.

Another, larger new plant that will see Quipp installations is Gannett's Central New York Newspapers, in Johnson City, outside Binghamton. Going into the near-complete facility, which will consolidate production of the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, Elmira Star-Gazette, and The Ithaca Journal, will be two Quipp Packman multifunction packaging systems, four Quipp Model 501W stackers, and four Quipp Viper three-quarter wrappers with high-resolution inkjet printers.

Other Gannett sites recently buying from Quipp are The Lansing (Mich.) State Journal (Quipp Packman), Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal (Packman), The Cincinnati Enquirer (two Model 501W stackers and two Model 501CW stackers, with bundle compression and stream squeeze roller).

Other recent stacker orders came from The Record, Troy, N.Y. (501W and Twin-Trak belt conveyor); Madison (Wis.) Newspapers, Inc. (500CW); The Jonesboro (Ark.) Sun, Jonesboro (500N); San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (501N); St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press (501N); Potomac News, Woodbridge, Va. (501N); Transcontinenal Interweb, Mississauga, Ontario (500W and Twin-Trak conveyor); Record Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. (500W); San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun (500W); Macon (Ga.) Telegraph (500W); Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. (two 500Ns); Greenfield (Ind.) Daily Reporter (500N); Kansas City Star (two 500Cs).

The Modesto (Calif.) Bee Viper ordered two Vipers with inkjet printers, The Roanoke (Va.) Times ordered one, and Philadelphia Newspapers Inc. ordered three. The Daytona Beach (Fla.) News Journal bought Twin-Trak conveyors, and the Huntsville (Ala.) Times Co. bought truckloaders.

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