Double vision for single width users

Mixing things up for the New Year, the Single Width Users Group’s (SWUG) will host its next conference at Fairfax Media’s double-width press site at Ormiston.

According to Bob Lockley, SWUG President, this will be the first time the conference has been hosted by a double-width press site. Held in Queensland from 23 to 25 March, the 2012 annual conference will take place at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre right in the heart of Brisbane.

“Ormiston is one of the most modern newspaper printing sites in the country and features the latest double-width press to be commissioned here,” he says.

The site features a four-tower Goss Uniliner pressline capable of printing 128 pages of back-to-back colour, with an inline Ferag StreamStitch stitch and trim unit. It also includes a Ferag publishing room and Kodak CTP.



“Both single and double width press sites face many of the same issues these days in terms of maintenance, OH&S, the environment and improving productivity,” said Lockley.

“Queensland is always a popular destination for the SWUG conference, so we are expecting a good turn-out in 2012.”

Nominations are now open for the 2012 SWUG Apprentice of the Year award and the biennial SWUG Leadership scholarship.

The winning apprentice will receive a $5,000 trip to visit printing plants and supply company factories. While the scholarship winner will receive a $20,000 all-expenses paid educational trip to visit international industry sites and attend the drupa trade show in Düsseldorf.