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Bay Area.
In addition to its close
proximity to the Nimitz Free-
way, the plant is only blocks
away from the I-680, giving
drivers easy access not only to
San Jose, but Oakland, Rich-
mond and other East Bay cit-
ies. Drivers can also catch U.S.
101 and I-280 on the west side
of the Bay to funnel papers to
cities adjoining San Francisco.
But before TNC can cast
its net to snare other custom-
ers, Hughes said it's critical that Hearst is happy with the quality and production
options TNC is able to provide.
"It's imperative that the Chronicle is successful, because its success is our
success."
Clearly, TNC has the technical infrastructure to handle as much production
as it can get, and the plant -- which already can accommodate as many as two
more triplewide presses and additional CTP systems -- also has enough room on
its 24-acre site to expand even further, Hughes said.
"We can grow as we need to," he said.
And growth is exactly what Transcontinental hopes to achieve for its U.S.
offspring.
Transcontinental from page 13
of publishing clients, which include The globe and mail and, in 2003, la presse in
montreal.
Through an agreement with The New York Times, Transcontinental also pro-
duced certain regional editions of The Times for distribution in ontario and in upstate
New York.
for its u.s. venture, richard said Transcontinental continues to evolve the
management model to support its philosophy, primarily in the arena of reminding
employees that they don't always have to rely on a supervisor to make a decision.
it's an evolution," richard said about starpoint. "we try to improve it each time
we open a new plant. in the u.s., there remains a tendency to view managers as author-
ity figures. at TNC, we want managers to play more of a coaching role. They are there
to support our employees. we stressed to our people that they have the initiative to act
collaboratively, with their managers and their fellow employees, so we have to teach
everyone that they can all contribute in making a final decision."
Training from page 13
TNC project director gary hughes.
Visionaries Drive The Future And Make Opportunities!
Award-Winning Technology
In 2008, Burgess Industries was
honored worldwide with THREE
prestigious CIP4 International Print
Production Innovation Awards for
Best Automation Technology. We also
were the proud recipient of the NPES
HAROLD W. GEGENHEIMER
CORPORATE AWARD for industry
service, recognized for design,
manufacturing, quality and automation.
AND, we were presented a SECOND
OZZIE Award recognizing Excellence
in the Printing Industry for Outstanding
Technology and Contribution to the
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As a valued partner of
Transcontinental and a key
supplier for the Fremont Project,
we invite the readers of News &
Tech to join the Burgess Team in
recognizing Transcontinental for
their dedication and commitment
to the advancement of the World
of Print...utilizing new levels of
"Hybrid" integrated technology
and automation. Transcontinental
understands the value of people
and relationships, allowing
companies to work together for a
common goal and vision...pushing
the envelope to create new
industry operating standards.
We salute your success, and
thank you for sharing these
opportunities with Burgess
Industries!
D J Burgess & The Burgess Team
Burgess' In-line Technology Installed at Fremont Facility
Photo shows 76.5" of our Integrated Plate Sorting System
designed to "on command" sort/stack 36", 24" and 12" "press
ready" plates at speeds up to 900 plates/hr. The
"On-Command" Bar-Code Scanning System with Zone and
Plate Traffic Control provides "Menu Selection" of a
programmed plate sorting and stacking scheme for a specific
print run or press schedule. The Burgess Plate Manager
provides visual plate flow, alarm, and detection, with Ethernet
Closed Loop Plate Tracking for automated plate tracking and
feedback information to system operator (prepress software).
pecom press consoles also house software managing
QipC apps.
S.F. Chronicle to run glossy pages in daily
The san francisco Chronicle plans to run up to 12 supercalendered pages per press run
beginning this month, becoming the first u.s. paper to use glossy paper as a regular com-
ponent of its daily production.
on the days the Chronicle has both advance and
main runs, the paper could run as many as 24 super-
calendered pages, and sunday editions could include
even more of the glossy stock, Chronicle president
mark adkins told News & Tech.
"we believe (running glossy pages) will be very
powerful, and advertisers are extremely excited about
it," adkins said. sunday editions of the Chronicle could
include additional heatset-produced pages and sec-
tions, containing both editorial and advertising, he said.
The heatset towers have already been used to
produce 12 pages of the Chronicle's daily content,
albeit on newsprint.
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