Israel’s largest media company, the Yedioth Ahronoth Group, has been a customer of Koenig & Bauer for nearly three decades. This successful partnership was recently reinforced and set up for many more years to come with the moving of two Commander presses.

The two presses were moved from the north of Israel into the main printshop in Rishon-le-Zion, a suburb of Tel Aviv. “The move was prepared and organised outstandingly. It was executed in a highly professional manner and with impressive results. We are greatly satisfied with our colleagues at Koenig & Bauer – as we have been for 30 years already,” says Inon Engel, CEO of the Yedioth Ahronoth Group.

There are now five Commander presses from Koenig & Bauer standing in the main printshop. The two sections which were moved comprise six H-type printing towers with web widths of up to 1520mm (59.8in). They are equipped with a Patras reel supply, six Pastostar RC reelstands and two KF5 folders. Jochen Schwab, head of service for projects and contract management at Koenig & Bauer Digital & Webfed: “The project went perfectly smoothly. The great communication and planning on both sides made for an efficient process which was completed right on schedule. After all, we had to move close to 1,000 tonnes.”

Before disassembly commenced, a set of reference prints was produced together and kept. The acceptance tests after commissioning showed at least comparably good printing and folding, confirming the quality of the assembly and commissioning work.

Five presses from Koenig & Bauer now stand in the company’s main printshop

Yedioth Ahronoth Group

The Yedioth Ahronoth Group was founded 80 years ago. The daily newspaper Jedi´ot Acharonot is the flagship of the group, which is majority-owned by the Mozes family. Alongside the daily newspaper, the group publishes various local titles and magazines and also operates a digital platform (Ynet).

Henning Düber

Background photo: Successful move and commissioning of the Commander systems