Second Tensor Folder for UV-equipped Press in Venezuela

By: E&P Staff Maracaibo-based C.A. Diario Panorama, publisher of the largest newspaper in eastern Venezuela, is increasing its production capabilities with the order of an additional Tensor Group, Inc. H-50 heavy-duty jaw folder from Tensor Group Inc., Woodridge, Ill.

The purchase of a second folder is the fourth order Diario Panorama has placed with Tensor. In 2005 it initially ordered two footprint-shaftless T-400BE towers equipped with Prime Systems Inc. UV curing and one H-50 folder. The next year the company added two T-400BE towers, both with UV systems, and in 2007 another two T-400BE towers were installed.

The six-tower combination UV and conventional coldset press affords Diario Panorama a range of production options to meets its evolving sales and product-offering goals.

The second folder will enable Diario Panorama to produce duplicate (double-out) and different products simultaneously. Besides supporting double capacity, the folder increases the flexibility of products and serves as a back-up folder.

Since its first UV-equipped towers were installed, the newspaper's commercial business has grown to include production of weekly magazines, commercial inserts, tabloids and books.