 At L'Imprimerie reel logistics is handled by six Rocla AGVs. Click for larger image |
At L'Imprimerie reel logistics is handled by six Rocla AGVs. The AGVs are interfaced with KBA printing press and a roll handling systems as Rocla has done co-operation with this offset system provider for over 10 years. Rocla's expertise in print house AGV applications has resulted in several dozen successful installations, of which one of the latest example is L'Imprimerie. The modern newspaper printing house l'Imprimerie is situated in the suburbs of Paris, in Tremblay-en-France. It was built in the year 2009 to its current position, not far away from the original printing office building. Though the newspaper printing business is going through large-scale changes, at L'Imprimerie they look positively at the future. The new printing house was build to come up with the highest quality demands of today.
Because issues of environmental protection are very important for them, they have chosen Koenig & Bauer Group's (KBA) waterless offset system Cortina.
Rocla with its unique AGV system has been a partner of KBA in paper printing installations already for over a decade. Thanks to that co-operation, L'Imprimerie received "a turnkey project" in
reel logistics from KBA.
L'Imprimerie is part of the Riccobono Imprimeurs group which is the leading printing house in France. The group is committed to reduce its negative impact on the nature: They have decreased the amount of greenhouse gases released by removing drying from the printing process, they use recycled paper and handle industrial waste in an environmentally responsible way.
"Several newspapers are printed at our Tremblay-en-France site. Our biggest product is Le Figaro which is one of the biggest daily newspapers in France. We print it about 300 000 copies per night", Mr. Gilles Dechamps explains.
"During a week we consume approximately 240 paper reels of 5 different reel sizes', Mr. Dechamps estimates.
To be able to print in an economical way, all the in-house logistics is carried out completely automatically by using the AGVs.
 To be able to print in an economical way, all the in-house logistics is carried out completely automatically by using the AGVs. |
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The day of an AGV starts at noon when the production begins to prepare itself for the night production. The AGVs transport the reels from the main warehouse to feed the production line. At that time there are only one or two persons working in the warehouse area so that the AGVs work alone. The newspaper production begins at 9pm and it continues until 4 o'clock in the morning. After the newspapers have been made ready to be transported, the AGVs clean out the garbage into trash cans.
L'Imprimerie is satisfied with the whole assembly project delivered by KBA. The project included the printing press, the AGVs, an MPS roll handling system from company ABB as the warehouse management system (WMS) and an automated waste handling system for brown/white paper and reel cores. The co-operation provided l'Impremerie a quick installation of AGVs, printing machines and reel handling. Also, the customer didn't have to worry about interface or communication problems between different systems.
"From our point of view, we only had one contact, KBA, who organized all the systems and suppliers", Mr. Dechamps says.
 Mr. Gilles Dechamps - L'Imprimerie. |
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Rocla and KBA have carried out almost 20 printing house projects together since the beginning of 2000's. Thanks to this fruitful co-operation, the two companies have created a well-functioning and competitive solution for printing houses.
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