sh:z focuses on cross-location production planning with EAE Print

Ahrensburg, May 2019  - The Schleswig-Holsteinische Zeitungsverlag (sh:z), part of NOZ MEDIEN and mh:n MEDIEN, is investing in two used Colora printing presses from Koenig & Bauer AG at its Büdelsdorf printing site in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. In the medium to long term, these two presses will have to replace the current press line consisting of WIFAG OF470 and manroland Colorman XXL presses.


For production and press planning, press pre-setting and integration into the higher-level workflow of the media group (with publishing and prepress integration), sh:z is now also using the print system from EAE-Engineering Automation Electronics, based in Ahrensburg, also in the state of  Schleswig-Holstein, at its Büdelsdorf site.  

At Prima Rotationsdruck in Wittenburg, also a company of NOZ MEDIEN and mh:n MEDIEN, the EAE Print System has been used successfully since 2007 for planning and pre-setting a Colora press from Koenig & Bauer. The existing system will receive an update from the current version 5.4 to 6.3 and will then be reinstalled in a joint installation for Büdelsdorf and Wittenburg.  

"The cross-location work in one system or on one database gives us the opportunity to plan more efficiently and flexibly, to simply move productions between locations and, among other things, to have a better failure management. By minimising interfaces and reducing the hardware to be administered, cost savings are possible that cannot be neglected with this solution," emphasise Thomas Meyer and Jens Masur, who are responsible for the overall technical management of NOZ MEDIEN and mh:n MEDIEN.

The SHZ/NOZ project group is looking forward to the introduction of the new EAE systems. Fltr: Udo Timm (Financal Controlling, medien holding:nord GmbH), Marcel Wollgramm (Head of Sales - EAE), Herwart Morgenstern (Head of Technical Service, printing centre Büdelsdorf), Jens Masur (Managing Director, printing centre Osnabrück), Thomas Meyer (Technical Management, medien holding:nord GmbH), Carsten Pinn (Press line Manager, printing centre Büdelsdorf), Rainer Barnowski (Press line Manager, printing centre Wittenburg), Christoph Albracht (System support, printing centre Büdelsdorf), Norman Darius (Production Management, printing centre Büdelsdorf)

Thomas Meyer and Jens Masur "The cross-location work in one system or on one database gives us the opportunity to plan more efficiently and flexibly, to simply move productions between locations and, among other things, to have a better failure management."

About EAE:
The Ahrensburg-based company is active in graphic industries, automation solutions and automation technology. The company, founded in 1962 by Richard Ewert, is the leading supplier of controls, automation solutions and software for newspaper printers. EAE's solutions are being used in all areas of a newspaper printing plant – from pre press to the mailroom. Worldwide more than 550 newspaper printing plants are using EAE's control systems to produce more than 125 million newspapers each day.

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