Rome Printer Running Goss Universal XL

Italian commercial printer Union Printing of Viterbo, north of Rome, installed the latest model of Goss International's Universal press - the Universal XL one-around doublewide

Union Printing's Universal XL press consists of two towers with a 68-inch width and 23.12-inch cut-off. The 40,000-cpy press is equipped with a 1:3:3 and 1:2:2 folder, each with one former and a quarterfold. Additional turner bars above the four-high towers allow the web to be split in up to four ribbons, enhancing production versatility. Printing units feature automatic blanket washing and color and register controls.

The press' T90 layout places the reelstands at right angles to the press to make best use of available space and provide operational advantages.

With a combination of sheetfed, web and digital press equipment, Union Printing is an exclusively commercial printer, producing a full range of products, from brochures and art books to heatset inserts and flyers. According to owner and managing director Roberto Pepponi, the company looked into coldset alternatives to offer a lower price point for some struggling customers.

Union Printing has used the Goss Universal XL to print various tabloid-format flyers and supermarket inserts, mostly of 12 to 32 pages. It also prints magazine-format products.

The Universal XL was developed to meet demand for smaller circulations of high-pagination products. For Union Printing, the wider format met output requirements using fewer webs and towers, while maintaining one-around efficiency and versatility, according to Goss.