The New York Times is putting the finishing touches on postpress upgrades underpinning its College Point, N.Y., print site.

The paper last month was in the process of commissioning six palletizing systems from Schur Packaging Systems Inc., said Nick D’Andrea, executive director of production.

The Winrob III systems, in conjunction with six PSW stretch wrappers, are being used to shuttle completed newspaper bundles generated from five tie-lines and The Times’ existing tilt-tray system. The machines, along with new conveyors and mailroom management software from Schur, HK Systems Inc. and other vendors, allow the newspaper to place all of its material handling on a single platform, D’Andrea said.