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ABB HELPS GIVE THE WALL STREET JOURNAL A NEW LOOK
24 March 2007 - ABB Automation Technologies
| An ABB automation solution for 17 printing plants will enable the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal to appear in a new, slimmer format that will save publishers Dow Jones millions of dollars in annual production costs and secure print quality. |
An ABB automation solution for 17 printing plants will enable the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal to appear in a new, slimmer format that will save publishers Dow Jones millions of dollars in annual production costs and secure print quality. The new format will be three inches slimmer (7.6 cm) than the current 15 inches, and will enable the world’s leading business paper to reduce annual production costs by an estimated $18 million and retain its traditional broadsheet profile. The ABB solution consists of 58 MPS Control Consoles for the 19 printing presses and an MPS Production press management system for each of the 17 printing plants.
ABB supplied the automation systems that enabled Dow Jones to switch to color presses in 1994 and maintain high quality in printing. MPS Production is a press automation and management system that handles the planning and production of the print product, optimizes print quality and reduces waste. The MPS Control Consoles enable operators to control and operate the entire printing process from a single workstation. “For more than 10 years, ABB has partnered with Dow Jones to finely tune our press consoles in an effort to meet our quality expectations and reduce waste,” says Larry Hoffman, vice president of production for The Wall Street Journal. “ABB’s high level of reliability, proven flexibility to add and expand new functionality, and operator-friendly interface is something we have grown to count on.” ABB has supplied similar solutions for customers in Europe, North and South America, and Asia, and is the recognized leader in control and automation technologies for the newspaper printing industry worldwide.
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About: ABB Automation Technologies
ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs around 105,000 people.
ABB has streamlined its divisional structure to focus on two core businesses: Power Technologies and Automation Technologies. The Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals division is slated for divestment. ABB Power Technologies serves electric, gas and water utilities as well as industrial and commercial customers, with a broad range of products, systems and services for power transmission, distribution and automation. ABB Automation Technologies blends a robust product and service portfolio with end-user expertise and global presence to deliver solutions for control, motion, protection, and plant integration across the full range of process and utility industries. In addition to ABB's automation activities directed at the oil and gas industries, ABB Lummus Global continues to design and supply production facilities, refineries and petrochemical plants. ABB's former Upstream business, divested in July 2004, is now part of Vetco International (www.vetco.com). |
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