Nela’s U.S. operation celebrated its 7th birthday in July and the company cited numerous sales in the first half of the year:

•The Denver Newspaper Agency installed five VCP Vision punch benders in connection with five Kodak Trendsetter News computer-to-plate devices with a plate delivery system into the pressroom (see Newspapers & Technology, January 2007).

•The New York Times’ College Point, N.Y., facility installed two VCP-M Multi-Variable Vision punch benders to handle plates for its existing and new Goss presses. The units will be inline with The Times’ new Agfa Polaris CTP devices (see Newspapers & Technology, June 2007). Nela upgraded four existing punch benders with speed kits and a new conveyor system to go in-line with the CTP units.

 

•The (New York) Daily News upgraded its three existing VCP Vision units to handle the high-speed plate output of its three new CTP devices from Krause and Fuji (See Newspapers & Technology, April 2007).

•The Houston Chronicle installed four VCP Vision punch benders with a 48-position up-and-down plate stacker in connection with four Agfa Polaris CTP devices (see Newspapers & Technology, July 2007). The system will handle up to 1,000 plates per hour.

•The Philadelphia Inquirer purchased two Evolution high-speed Vision benders, which will be connected to two CTP devices from Krause/Fuji.

•Gannett Offset in Springfield, Va., purchased a VCP-M Multi Variable Vision punch bender to accommodate plates from 46-inch to 60-inch web widths.

•Chicago Tribune purchased three VCP units to work in-line with its existing Western LithXposer units.

•The Owensboro (Ky.) Messenger-Inquirer installed a Nela Benchmark three-point register punch bender with an in-line plate transport system to work with two Screen CTP devices.

•The Post-Bulletin in Rochester, Minn., will install one Benchmark three-point register unit with a plate transport system in connection with two Kodak Trendsetter News CTP devices.

•Post-Newsweek Media finished installing two VCP units with a plate delivery system to transport plates into the pressroom for its Mitsubishi Heavy Industries press. The in-line system is connected to three Agfa Advantage CTP devices.

•The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman purchased two VCP benders to work with its three Kodak Trendsetter News CTP devices. A multi-plate sorter will handle plates coming from all three CTP devices. Nela also provided the PLT pre-loaders for the Trendsetters.

Additional sales included those to the Frederick (Md.) News-Post, Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, Wichita Falls (Texas) Times, Las Vegas Review, Birmingham (Ala.) News, Janesville (Wis.) Gazette, Orange County (Calif.) Register, Savannah (Ga.) Morning News and the News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash.

Nela said it also sold press lockups to numerous dailies including the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune, Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, Daily Press in Newport News, Va., Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News and the Paducah (Ky.) Sun.