Nation Media Group, an East African newspaper publishing house based in Nairobi, Kenya, ordered an additional reelstand and four-high tower for 4/4 to enhance the capacity and production flexibility of the KBA Comet pressline it inaugurated in early 1997 and has already extended once in 1998.

Shipment of the equipment is slated for October.

Nation Media Group attracts more advertising revenue than all the other Kenyan newspapers combined.

The KBA Comet pressline at the Nation Media Group in Nairobi is to be extended by another four-high tower and reelstand.
Photo courtesy of KBA

The shaftless pressline in Nairobi has a 22-inch cutoff and a maximum web width of 33 inches to support a broad array of dailies, weeklies and periodicals. These include the Daily Nation (daily, 170,000), Sunday Nation (daily, 220,000), East Africa’s best-selling weekly business newspaper, The East African (daily 30,000), a Swahili daily, Taifa Leo (daily, 30,000), and a Swahili weekly, Taifa Jumapili (daily, 35,000). These, together with supplements, flyers and contract work for other printers in Kenya and, via airmail, the rest of East Africa, keep the KBA Comet running constantly.

The four KBA Ergotronic control consoles feature link-ups for remote diagnostics.
Photo courtesy of KBA

The installation of the new Amal AR 60 reelstand, KBA Patras M manual reel-loading system and four-high tower of H-type units will be accompanied by an upgrade in press automation and controls. The pressline will then boast 11 reelstands, 40 printing couples (three four-high towers of H-type units, four two-high towers of arch-type units), two 2:3:2 KF 64 jaw folders and four KBA Ergotronic consoles with remote diagnostics link.